Where does “Loblied” come from?
Loblied (German) comes from German lob, from English lob, from English long, from English longitude, from Old French longitude, from Latin longitūdō, from Latin longus, from Latin -ē — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Loblied (German): hymn of praise
Definitions
- hymn of praise
Ancestry of “Loblied”, step by step
Loblied traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German lob
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | lob | praise |
| 2 | English | lob | To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high... |
| 3 | English | long | Having much distance from one terminating point... |
| 4 | English | longitude | Angular distance measured west or east of the... |
| 5 | Old French | longitude | — |
| 6 | Latin | longitūdō | length, longitude; longness |
| 7 | Latin | longus | far, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,... |
| 8 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via German lied
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | lied | song musical composition sung with vocals or vocal lyrics |
| 2 | German | -er | Forms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to... |
| 3 | Old High German | -āri | used to form agent nouns |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 6 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |