Where does “undeliverable” come from?
undeliverable (English) comes from English deliverable, from English deliver, from Middle English deliveren, from Old French delivrer, from Latin līberō, from Latin līberāre, from Latin Līber, from Old Latin loeber — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
undeliverable (English): Not able to be delivered; A message, parcel, etc....
Definitions
- Not able to be delivered; A message, parcel, etc....
Ancestry of “undeliverable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | deliverable | Able to be delivered; The tangible end product;... |
| 2 | English | deliver | To set free from restraint or danger; To do with... |
| 3 | Middle English | deliveren | — |
| 4 | Old French | delivrer | to set free; to liberate; to give birth; to... |
| 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 |
| 20 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 21 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |