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Where does “lliurar” come from?

lliurar (Catalan) comes from Latin liberare, from Latin libero, from Latin libera, from Latin liber, from Old Latin loeber, from French lober, from French lob, from English lob — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

lliurar (Catalan): to deliver

Definitions

  1. to deliver

Ancestry of “lliurar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinliberarepresent active infinitive of līberō;...
2LatinliberoI free, set free, liberate; I release, deliver; I...
3Latinliberainflection of līber: ## nominative/vocative...
4Latinliberfree, independent, unrestricted, unchecked; open;...
5Old Latinloeber—
6Frenchloberto lob
7Frenchloblob
8EnglishlobTo throw or hit a ball into the air in a high...
9EnglishlongHaving much distance from one terminating point...
10EnglishlongitudeAngular distance measured west or east of the...
11Old Frenchlongitude—
12Latinlongitūdō—
13Latinlongusfar, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,...
14Latin-ē—
15Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
16Latincalceusshoe
17Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
18Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

Words derived from “lliurar”

  • lliurament
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