"freely given, bountiful, liberal," 1620s, from Greek eleutherios "like a free man, noble-minded, frank, liberal," literally "freeing, delivering," also the title of Zeus as protector of political freedom, from eleutheria "freedom," from PIE *leu-dheros.
elementary
elephant
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elephantine
Eleusinian
eleutherian
elevate
elevation
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eleven
eleventh