myEtymology.com: English etymology of liberalize

Etymology of the English word liberalize

the English word liberalize

derived from the English word liberal

derived from the Old French word liberal

derived from the Latin word liberalis (honorable; courteous, well bred)

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-

using the English suffix -ize

derived from the Old French suffix -iser

derived from the Latin suffix -izare

derived from the Greek suffix -izein, -ίζειν

Derivations in English

liberalized, liberalizing