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In searching for something else, I found this:
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LIBER m Roman Mythology
Pronounced: LIE-bur
Derived from Latin liber meaning "free". This was the name of a Roman fertility god.
So how did "liber" get to mean "book"?
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Different words, Dr Bill. Liber, free is with a long i; liber, book is with a short i.
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Want more confusion? There's also LIBOR - the London InterBank Offered Rate [perplexed-e]
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And liberi means children. Also, Liber was the Italian god of fertility, identified with Bacchus.
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re:Derived from Latin liber meaning "free". This was the name of a Roman fertility god.
and presumabley related to the word liberty--
but fertility, linked with drink! results in children.
and having children reduces ones freedom!
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"and having children reduces ones freedom!"
My chains and I grew friends.
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It is very amusing association
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