Etymology

libertine

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Today it means: Someone freed from slavery in Ancient Rome; a freedman. Full definition →

Latin libertinus
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libertine · noun1

  1. Latin · derived fromlibertinus“a freedman, prop. adj., of or belonging to the condition of a freedman”
  2. English todaylibertine

From Latin libertinus (“a freedman, prop. adj., of or belonging to the condition of a freedman”), from libertus (“a freedman”), from liber (“free”); see liberal, liberate.

libertine · noun, adjective2

  1. French · derived fromlibertin
  2. English todaylibertine

From French libertin.

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