Talk:libre

English

What does OED have to say about the use of "libre" in the English language? --Bxj 13:14, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

Dunno, read it and find out. Mglovesfun (talk) 13:15, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

Hey, thanks for the quick reply. Unfortunately OED isn't available for free, but others might already have access to it, which is why I asked. --Bxj 03:20, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

Says it's obsolete, from French, defined as "of the will: free", and gives quotes from 1599 and 1600, so :/ Enervation (talk) 15:35, 29 August 2017 (UTC)

21st c.

Given that the free software movement is from the 20th c. (GNU project, 1983) I find it surprising that we give 21st c. as defdate. – Jberkel 07:16, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

@Jberkel: guess I’d better remove it, then. Can’t find any 20th-century quotations. — SGconlaw (talk) 08:37, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

Added a quotation from 1999. – Jberkel 11:50, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

@Jberkel: great! — SGconlaw (talk) 12:53, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

Two English etymologies?

Does the close relationship between the two etymologies under the one English etymology heading justify keeping them together? It seems to me since they are already separate paragraphs, and the pronunciation differs between the two, they should be separate etymology sections. - excarnateSojourner (talk | contrib) 19:05, 6 April 2022 (UTC)