libre

English

/ˈliːbɹə/, /ˈlibɹə/, /ˈliːbɹə/, /ˈlibɹə/

adj
Definitions
  • (obsolete) Especially of the will: free, independent, unconstrained.
  • (software) With very few limitations on distribution or the right to access the source code to create improved versions, but not necessarily free of charge.
  • (historical) Not enslaved of a black person in a French- or Spanish-colonized area, especially New Orleans.

Etymology

Borrowed from French libre (free, clear, without obligation, vacant, at liberty) derived from Latin līber (free, unrestricted) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- (people, men, man, grow) borrowed from Spanish, Castilian libre (free, without, not containing, unconstrained by distrust timidity, free not enslaved imprisoned, without obligation) root from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- (people, men, man, grow).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*h₁lewdʰ-

Gloss

people, men, man, grow

Concept
Semantic Field

Kinship

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

民

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