Where does “lieveren” come from?
lieveren (Middle High German) 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.
Ancestry of “lieveren”, step by step
lieveren traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French livrer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | livrer | to deliver; to give birth; to deliver |
| 2 | Latin | līberō | to free, set free, liberate |
| 3 | Latin | līberāre | — |
| 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 |
via Middle Low German lēveren
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | lēveren | — |