Where does “liverywoman” come from?
liverywoman (English) comes from English livery, from Anglo-Norman liveree, from Old French livree, from French livrer, from Old French livrer, from Latin līberō, from Latin līberāre, from Latin Līber — asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
liverywoman (English): A female member of a livery company
Definitions
- A female member of a livery company
Ancestry of “liverywoman”, step by step
liverywoman traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English livery
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | livery | Any distinctive identifying uniform worn by a... |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | liveree | Alternative form of livree |
| 3 | Old French | livree | delivery |
| 4 | French | livrer | to deliver; to hand over, deliver; to betray |
| 5 | Old French | livrer | to deliver; to give birth; to deliver |
| 6 | Latin | līberō | to free, set free, liberate |
| 7 | Latin | līberāre | — |
| 8 | Latin | Līber | — |
| 9 | Old Latin | loeber | — |
| 10 | French | lober | to lob |
| 11 | French | lob | lob |
| 12 | English | lob | To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high... |
| 13 | English | long | Having much distance from one terminating point... |
| 14 | English | longitude | Angular distance measured west or east of the... |
| 15 | Old French | longitude | — |
| 16 | Latin | longitūdō | length, longitude; longness |
| 17 | Latin | longus | far, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,... |
| 18 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 19 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
via English woman
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | woman | An adult female human; All female humans... |
| 2 | Middle English | womman | An female adult person; a woman; The female sex... |
| 3 | Old English | wīfmann | woman; female servant; woman |
| 4 | Old English | mann | person; man meaning mankind; man meaning adult... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | mann | person, human |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *mann- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | men- | to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,... |