Where does “lever” come from?
lever (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch leveren, from Old French livrer, from Latin līberō, from Latin līberāre, from Latin Līber, from Old Latin loeber, from French lober, from French lob — limestone; chalk; the finish line.
lever (Dutch): liver; edible animal liver as a dish or culinary...
Definitions
- liver; edible animal liver as a dish or culinary...
Ancestry of “lever”, step by step
lever traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle Dutch leveren
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Dutch | leveren | — |
| 2 | Old French | livrer | to deliver; to give birth; to deliver |
| 3 | Latin | līberō | to free, set free, liberate |
| 4 | Latin | līberāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | Līber | — |
| 6 | Old Latin | loeber | — |
| 7 | French | lober | to lob |
| 8 | French | lob | lob |
| 9 | English | lob | To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high... |
| 10 | English | long | Having much distance from one terminating point... |
| 11 | English | longitude | Angular distance measured west or east of the... |
| 12 | Old French | longitude | — |
| 13 | Latin | longitūdō | length, longitude; longness |
| 14 | Latin | longus | far, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,... |
| 15 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 16 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 17 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 18 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |