Where does “levr” come from?
levr (Breton) comes from Old Breton libr, from Spanish libro, from Old Spanish libro, from Latin Līber, from Old Latin loeber, from French lober, from French lob, from English lob — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
levr (Breton): book
Definitions
- book
Ancestry of “levr”, step by step
levr traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old Breton libr
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Breton | libr | — |
| 2 | Spanish | libro | book |
| 3 | Old Spanish | libro | book |
| 4 | Latin | Līber | — |
| 5 | Old Latin | loeber | — |
| 6 | French | lober | to lob |
| 7 | French | lob | lob |
| 8 | English | lob | To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high... |
| 9 | English | long | Having much distance from one terminating point... |
| 10 | English | longitude | Angular distance measured west or east of the... |
| 11 | Old French | longitude | — |
| 12 | Latin | longitūdō | length, longitude; longness |
| 13 | Latin | longus | far, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,... |
| 14 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 15 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 16 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 17 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 18 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Latin lepus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | lepus | a hare; a poisonous sea fish colored like the... |