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
hofleverancier traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch leverancier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | to free, set free, liberate |
| 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 length, duration |
| 16 | Old French | lonc | Alternative form of long |
| 17 | Latin | longus | far, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,... |
| 18 | Proto-Italic | dlongos | long |
via Dutch hof
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | hof | court; court of law; short form of gerechtshof;... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | hof | court, enclosed space; garden; farmstead |
| 3 | Old Dutch | hof | court, farmstead |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *hōf | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hufą | hill, elevated place; house, hall, estate |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | keup- | to arch, bend, buckle; a hollow |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | keu- | bend; vault, hole; to shine; light; bright |