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- Proto-Indo-European*leyH-
- Proto-Italic*līðrā?
- Latinlībra
- Old Frenchlivre
- Middle Frenchlivre
- Frenchlivre
- English todaylivre
Borrowed from French livre. Doublet of arratel, libbra, Libra, libra, lira, litra, litre, and rottol.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.