

( Received Pronunciation ) IPA ( key): /ˈliːbɹə/, /-bɹeɪ/.( General American ) IPA ( key): /ˈlibɹə/.( Received Pronunciation ) IPA ( key): /ˈliːbɹə/,.Senses 2 (“( software) with very few limitations on distribution or improvement”) and 3 ("not enslaved") are either borrowed from the French word or the Spanish libre ( “ free: not enslaved or imprisoned without obligation unconstrained by distrust or timidity not containing, without ” ), from the same Latin etymon as above.

Sense 1 (“especially of the will: free, independent”) is borrowed from French libre ( “ at liberty, free clear, free, vacant free, without obligation ” ), from Latin līber ( “ free, unrestricted ” ), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- ( “ people ” ).
