Etymology

Liberian

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Today it means: A person from Liberia or of Liberian descent. Full definition →

English Liberia ← Latin līber ← Old Latin loeber
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁lewdʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁léwdʰeros
  3. Proto-Italic*louðeros
  4. Old Latinloeber
  5. Latinlīber
  6. EnglishLiberia
  7. English todayLiberian

From Liberia + -an.

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