Where does “livrer” come from?

livrer (French) comes from Old French livrer, from Latin līberō, from Latin līberāre, from Latin Līber, from Old Latin loeber, from French lober, from French lob, from English lob — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

livrer (French): to deliver; to hand over, deliver; to betray

Definitions

  1. to deliver; to hand over, deliver; to betray

Ancestry of “livrer”, step by step

livrer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French livrer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchlivrerto deliver; to give birth; to deliver
2Latinlīberōto free, set free, liberate
3Latinlīberāre
4LatinLīber
5Old Latinloeber
6Frenchloberto lob
7Frenchloblob
8EnglishlobTo throw or hit a ball into the air in a high...
9EnglishlongHaving much distance from one terminating point...
10EnglishlongitudeAngular distance measured west or east of the...
11Old Frenchlongitude
12Latinlongitūdōlength, longitude; longness
13Latinlongusfar, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,...
14Latinly; used to form adverbs from adjectives
15Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
16Latincalceusshoe
17Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
18Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

via Late Latin liberare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinliberareto liberate; present active infinitive of līberō;...

Words derived from “livrer

Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξ