Where does “deliverness” come from?
deliverness (English) comes from English deliver, from Middle English deliveren, from Old French delivrer, from Latin līberō, from Latin līberāre, from Latin Līber, from Old Latin loeber, from French lober — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
deliverness (English): nimbleness; agility
Definitions
- nimbleness; agility
Ancestry of “deliverness”, step by step
deliverness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English deliver
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | deliver | To set free from restraint or danger; To do with... |
| 2 | Middle English | deliveren | — |
| 3 | Old French | delivrer | to set free; to liberate; to give birth; to... |
| 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 |
| 19 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 20 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |