Where does “unliveried” come from?
unliveried (English) comes from English liveried, from English livery, from Anglo-Norman liveree, from Old French livree, from French livrer, from Old French livrer, from Latin līberō, from Latin līberāre — long.
unliveried (English): Not dressed in, or supplied with, a livery
Definitions
- Not dressed in, or supplied with, a livery
Ancestry of “unliveried”, step by step
unliveried traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English liveried
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | liveried | Dressed in livery, uniformed, especially of a... |
| 2 | English | livery | Any distinctive identifying uniform worn by a... |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | liveree | Alternative form of livree |
| 4 | Old French | livree | delivery |
| 5 | French | livrer | to deliver; to hand over, deliver; to betray |
| 6 | Old French | livrer | to deliver; to give birth; to deliver |
| 7 | Latin | līberō | to free, set free, liberate |
| 8 | Latin | līberāre | — |
| 9 | Latin | Līber | — |
| 10 | Old Latin | loeber | — |
| 11 | French | lober | to lob |
| 12 | French | lob | lob |
| 13 | English | lob | To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high... |
| 14 | English | long | Having much distance from one terminating point... |
| 15 | French | long | long |
| 16 | Old French | long | long length, duration |
| 17 | Old French | lonc | Alternative form of long |
| 18 | Latin | longus | far, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,... |
| 19 | Proto-Italic | dlongos | long |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |