Where does “livery” come from?
Livery derives from Middle French -ie, which comes from Latin -ia, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -kos through Latin -are and -arius.
livery (English): Any distinctive identifying uniform worn by a...
Definitions
- Any distinctive identifying uniform worn by a...
Ancestry of “livery”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anglo-Norman | liveree | Alternative form of livree |
| 2 | Old French | livree | delivery |
| 3 | French | livrer | to deliver; to hand over, deliver; to betray |
| 4 | Old French | livrer | to deliver; to give birth; to deliver |
| 5 | Latin | līberō | to free, set free, liberate |
| 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 | length, longitude; longness |
| 16 | Latin | longus | far, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,... |
| 17 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 18 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 19 | Latin | calceus | shoe |