Lib(e)r [Liber, Libr]

Morpheme

Lib(e)r [Liber, Libr]

Type

bound base

Denotation

pound, scales, level, balance, unit of measurement

Etymology

Latin lībrāre, from lībra

Evidence

antilibration, deliber, deliberate, deliberated, deliberately, deliberateness, deliberates, deliberating, deliberation, deliberative, deliberator, equilibria, equilibrium, indeliberate, libra, librae, libras, librate, librated, librates, librating, libration, libration, librational, librator, libratory, nondeliberate, nondeliberating, overdeliberate, predeliberate, redeliberate, undeliberate, undeliberating

Notes

<r> does not double because the stress falls on the first syllable
deliber and deliberate are doublets

Homographs

Liber, Libr