Etymology of the English word libelous
the English word
libeloususing the English suffix
-ousderived from the Latin suffix
-osusderived from the English word
libelderived from the French word
libelderived from the Latin word
libellus (little, small book; memorial)
derived from the Latin word
liber (book, volume; inner bark of a tree; children; child; free; unimpeded; void of; unconstrained, unrestrained, unencumbered)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*leudh-Usage
Word found in Modern English
