myEtymology.com: Latin etymology of libertus

Etymology of the Latin word libertus

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 Latin

libertinus, collibertus

Derivations in other languages

Italian liberto, Portuguese liberto, Romanian libert, Spanish liberto