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