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Etymology of the English word libertinism

the English word libertinism
derived from the English word libertine
derived from the Latin word libertinus (freedman; of a freedman)
derived from the Latin word libertus (freedman; ex-slave)
derived from the Latin word liberare (free; acquit, absolve)
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 -ism
derived from the French suffix -ism
derived from the Latin suffix -ismus
derived from the Greek suffix -ismos, -ισμός
suffix for verbs ending in "-izein" (cf. Latin "-izare")




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