Etymology of the Latin word libertinus
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-Derivations in other languages
English
libertine, French
libertin, Italian
libertino, Portuguese
libertino, Spanish
libertino
