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Originally Posted by buyandsell
yes I just read it on rt.com the word liberal actually comes from the russian phrase "lib eral" which translates roughly as "stupid anal" or "stupid asshole"
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lol!!!!!!!
Middle English: via Old French from Latin liberalis, from liber ?free (man).? The original sense was ?suitable for a free man,? hence ?suitable for a gentleman? (one not tied to a trade), surviving in liberal arts . Another early sense, ?generous? (sense 4 of the adjective), gave rise to an obsolete meaning ?free from restraint,? leading to sense 1 of the adjective (late 18th century).