free, at liberty · clear, free, vacant · free, without obligation
eş: franc, loisible
köken: Inherited from Middle French libre, from Old French libre, semi-learned form of livre (ca. 1200), from Latin līber (“free”), from Old Latin loeber, from Proto-Italic *louðeros, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ-er-os, from *h₁lewdʰ- (“people”).
aile: à l'air libre, amour libre, association libre, champ libre, chute libre, discours indirect libre, donner libre cours, électron libre, libre arbitre, libre comme l'air
Un homme libre
L'Homme eſt né libre, & par-tout il eſt dans les fers.
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁léwdʰeros Proto-Italic *louðeros Old Latin loeber Latin līberumlbor. Italian libero Learned borrowing from Latin līberum.
köken: From Old Galician-Portuguese livre, libre, from Latin līber, from Old Latin loeber, from Proto-Italic *louðeros, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ-er-os, from *h₁lewdʰ- (“people”).
köken: Inherited from Old Catalan liure, from Latin līber (“free”), from Old Latin loeber, from Proto-Italic *louðeros, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ-er-os, from *h₁lewdʰ- (“people”). Compare Occitan liure.
köken: Disputed. Perhaps: * Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewH-. Cognates would include Latin luō (“to expiate, pay”), Ancient Greek λύω (lúō, “to release, untie”), Sanskrit लून (lūna), and English loose. * Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ-o-. * More likely, an early borrowing from Latin līber. The fact that libër (“book”) hasn't undergone the same sound changes with intersyllabic…
free (unconstrained, not imprisoned) · free (not in use, not occupied) · irreligious (not religious)
köken: From Middle High German vri, from Old High German frī, from Proto-West Germanic *frī, from Proto-Germanic *frijaz, from Proto-Indo-European *priHós. Compare German frei. Cognates include English free and Dutch vrij.