From Latin 'libertas' (freedom), from 'liber' (free) — the Roman goddess Libertas inspired the Statue of Liberty.
The state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority; the power or scope to act as one pleases.
From Old French 'liberté,' from Latin 'lībertātem' (accusative of 'lībertās'), meaning 'freedom, condition of a free man,' from 'līber' (free, unrestricted), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- (people) or possibly related to *leyp- (to grow, to rise). In Rome, 'lībertās' was a political and legal concept: a 'līber' was a free citizen, as opposed to a 'servus' (slave). The goddess Lībertās was personified and worshipped, later inspiring
The Statue of Liberty's official name is 'Liberty Enlightening the World' (La Liberté éclairant le monde). The Roman goddess Lībertās, who inspired the statue, was depicted on Roman coins with a pileus (a cap of freedom given to emancipated slaves). The 'liberty cap' became a symbol of the French and American revolutions
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