Where does “hofleverancier” come from?
hofleverancier (Dutch) comes from Dutch leverancier, from Dutch leverantie, from Dutch leveren, from Middle Dutch leveren, from Old French livrer, from Latin līberō, from Latin līberāre, from Latin Līber — long.
hofleverancier (Dutch): royal purveyor – purveyor to the royal household
Definitions
- royal purveyor – purveyor to the royal household
Ancestry of “hofleverancier”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | leverancier | supplier |
| 2 | Dutch | leverantie | delivery; The supplying of goods, wares,... |
| 3 | Dutch | leveren | to supply; to deliver |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | leveren | — |
| 5 | Old French | livrer | to deliver; to give birth; to deliver |
| 6 | Latin | līberō | — |
| 7 | Latin | līberāre | — |
| 8 | Latin | Līber | — |
| 9 | Old Latin | loeber | — |
| 10 | French | lober | to lob |
| 11 | French | lob | lob |
| 12 | English | lob | To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high... |
| 13 | English | long | Having much distance from one terminating point... |
| 14 | French | long | long |
| 15 | Old French | long | long |
| 16 | Old French | lonc | Alternative form of long |
| 17 | Latin | longus | far, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,... |
| 18 | Proto-Italic | dlongos | long |