Where does “culvert” come from?
culvert (English) comes from Old French colvert, from Latin collibertus, from Latin lībertus, from Latin Līber, from Old Latin loeber, from French lober, from French lob, from English lob — limestone; chalk; the finish line.
culvert (English): A transverse channel under a road or railway for...
Definitions
- A transverse channel under a road or railway for...
Ancestry of “culvert”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | colvert | — |
| 2 | Latin | collibertus | A fellow freedman |
| 3 | Latin | lībertus | a freedman, an emancipated person |
| 4 | Latin | Līber | — |
| 5 | Old Latin | loeber | — |
| 6 | French | lober | to lob |
| 7 | French | lob | lob |
| 8 | English | lob | To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high... |
| 9 | English | long | Having much distance from one terminating point... |
| 10 | English | longitude | Angular distance measured west or east of the... |
| 11 | Old French | longitude | — |
| 12 | Latin | longitūdō | length, longitude; longness |
| 13 | Latin | longus | far, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,... |
| 14 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 15 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 16 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 17 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |