Where does “levera” come from?
levera (Faroese) comes from Danish levere, from Middle Low German levereren, from French livrer, from Old French livrer, from Latin līberō, from Latin līberāre, from Latin Līber, from Old Latin loeber — shoe.
levera (Faroese): to deliver
Definitions
- to deliver
Ancestry of “levera”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | levere | supply, furnish; provide; contribute |
| 2 | Middle Low German | levereren | — |
| 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 |