Where does “Lieferung” come from?
Lieferung (German) comes from German liefern, from Middle High German lieveren, from Old French livrer, from Latin līberō, from Latin līberāre, from Latin Līber, from Old Latin loeber, from French lober — shoe.
Lieferung (German): delivery, shipment
Ancestry of “Lieferung”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | liefern | to supply, provide; to deliver; to yield |
| 2 | Middle High German | lieveren | — |
| 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 |
Words derived from “Lieferung”