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Where does “deliverer” come from?

Deliverer comes from English deliver, ultimately from Latin liber meaning free, via Old French -er and Latin verbal suffix -are.

deliverer (English): One who delivers

Definitions

  1. One who delivers

Ancestry of “deliverer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdeliverTo set free from restraint or danger; To do with...
2Middle Englishdeliveren—
3Old Frenchdelivrerto set free; to liberate; to give birth; to...
4Latinlīberō—
5Latinlīberāre—
6LatinLīber—
7Old Latinloeber—
8Frenchloberto lob
9Frenchloblob
10EnglishlobTo throw or hit a ball into the air in a high...
11EnglishlongHaving much distance from one terminating point...
12EnglishlongitudeAngular distance measured west or east of the...
13Old Frenchlongitude—
14Latinlongitūdō—
15Latinlongusfar, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,...
16Latin-ē—
17Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
18Latincalceusshoe
19Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
20Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble
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