Where does “deliveryperson” come from?
deliveryperson (English) comes from English delivery, from Old French delivrer, from Latin līberō, from Latin līberāre, from Latin Līber, from Old Latin loeber, from French lober, from French lob — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
deliveryperson (English): A deliveryman or deliverywoman
Definitions
- A deliveryman or deliverywoman
Ancestry of “deliveryperson”, step by step
deliveryperson traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English delivery
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | delivery | The act of conveying something; The item which... |
| 2 | Old French | delivrer | to set free; to liberate; to give birth; to... |
| 3 | Latin | līberō | to free, set free, liberate |
| 4 | Latin | līberāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | Līber | — |
| 6 | Old Latin | loeber | — |
| 7 | French | lober | to lob |
| 8 | French | lob | lob |
| 9 | English | lob | To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high... |
| 10 | English | long | Having much distance from one terminating point... |
| 11 | English | longitude | Angular distance measured west or east of the... |
| 12 | Old French | longitude | — |
| 13 | Latin | longitūdō | length, longitude; longness |
| 14 | Latin | longus | far, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,... |
| 15 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 16 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 17 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 18 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 19 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English Person
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Person | An individual who has been granted personhood; usually a human being |
| 2 | Middle English | persoun | person |
| 3 | Old French | persone | person; individual; rector of a parish; someone;... |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | persona | parson, person; mask; character |
| 5 | Latin | persōna | mask |
| 6 | Etruscan | 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 | a mask; a masked individual, often performing in... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πρόσωπον | face, visage, countenance; front; mask |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ὤψ | to the eye; in the face; eye |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | ókʷs | eye |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ókʷs | eye |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ekʷ- | to see; eye |