Where does “lieber” come from?
lieber (German) comes from French libre, from Middle French libre, from Old French libre, from Latin Līber, from Old Latin loeber, from French lober, from French lob, from English lob — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
lieber (German): comparative degree of lieb; comparative degree of...
Definitions
- comparative degree of lieb; comparative degree of...
Ancestry of “lieber”, step by step
lieber traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French libre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | libre | free, at liberty; clear, free, vacant; free,... |
| 2 | Middle French | libre | free; at liberty |
| 3 | Old French | libre | free; at liberty |
| 4 | Latin | Līber | — |
| 5 | Old Latin | loeber | — |
| 6 | French | lober | to lob |
| 7 | French | lob | lob |
| 8 | English | lob | To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high... |
| 9 | English | long | Having much distance from one terminating point... |
| 10 | English | longitude | Angular distance measured west or east of the... |
| 11 | Old French | longitude | — |
| 12 | Latin | longitūdō | length, longitude; longness |
| 13 | Latin | longus | far, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,... |
| 14 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 15 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 16 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 17 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 18 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |