Etymology of the Latin word libertas
the Latin word
libertas (freedom, liberty; frankness of speech)
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-Derivations in other languages
French
liberté, French
liberte, French
liberty, Italian
liberticidio, Italian
libertà, Italian
liberticida, Portuguese
liberdade, Portuguese
liberticida, Portuguese
liberticídio, Spanish
libertad
