Where does “livrée” come from?
livrée (French) comes from Old French livree, from French livrer, from Old French livrer, from Latin līberō, from Latin līberāre, from Latin Līber, from Old Latin loeber, from French lober — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
livrée (French): feminine singular of the past participle of...
Definitions
- feminine singular of the past participle of...
Ancestry of “livrée”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | livree | delivery |
| 2 | French | livrer | to deliver; to hand over, deliver; to betray |
| 3 | Old French | livrer | to deliver; to give birth; to deliver |
| 4 | Latin | līberō | — |
| 5 | Latin | līberāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | Līber | — |
| 7 | Old Latin | loeber | — |
| 8 | French | lober | to lob |
| 9 | French | lob | lob |
| 10 | English | lob | To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high... |
| 11 | English | long | Having much distance from one terminating point... |
| 12 | English | longitude | Angular distance measured west or east of the... |
| 13 | Old French | longitude | — |
| 14 | Latin | longitūdō | — |
| 15 | Latin | longus | far, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,... |
| 16 | Latin | -ē | — |
| 17 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 18 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 19 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 20 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
Words derived from “livrée”