Where does “overlevering” come from?
overlevering (Dutch) comes from Dutch overleveren, from Dutch leveren, from Middle Dutch leveren, from Old French livrer, from Latin līberō, from Latin līberāre, from Latin Līber, from Old Latin loeber — asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
overlevering (Dutch): oral tradition, lore/folklore: a story that is...
Definitions
- oral tradition, lore/folklore: a story that is...
Ancestry of “overlevering”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | overleveren | to hand down |
| 2 | Dutch | leveren | to supply; to deliver |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | leveren | — |
| 4 | Old French | livrer | to deliver; to give birth; to deliver |
| 5 | Latin | līberō | — |
| 6 | Latin | līberāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | Līber | — |
| 8 | Old Latin | loeber | — |
| 9 | French | lober | to lob |
| 10 | French | lob | lob |
| 11 | English | lob | To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high... |
| 12 | English | long | Having much distance from one terminating point... |
| 13 | English | longitude | Angular distance measured west or east of the... |
| 14 | Old French | longitude | — |
| 15 | Latin | longitūdō | — |
| 16 | Latin | longus | far, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,... |
| 17 | Latin | -ē | — |
| 18 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |