Where does “loeber” come from?
loeber (Old Latin) comes from French lober, from French lob, from English lob, from English long, from English longitude, from Old French longitude, from Latin longitūdō, from Latin longus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Ancestry of “loeber”, step by step
loeber traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French lober
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | lober | to lob |
| 2 | French | lob | lob |
| 3 | English | lob | To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high... |
| 4 | English | long | Having much distance from one terminating point... |
| 5 | English | longitude | Angular distance measured west or east of the... |
| 6 | Old French | longitude | — |
| 7 | Latin | longitūdō | length, longitude; longness |
| 8 | Latin | longus | far, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,... |
| 9 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 10 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 11 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 12 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Proto-Italic louðeros
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Italic | louðeros | free; child |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁lewdʰ-er-os | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁lewdʰ- | to grow; people |