Where does “Liberia” come from?
Liberia (Polish) comes from Hungarian Libéria, from Middle High German liberîe, from Old French livree, from French livrer, from Old French livrer, from Latin līberō, from Latin līberāre, from Latin Līber — asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
Liberia (Polish): livery
Definitions
- livery
Ancestry of “Liberia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | Libéria | livery |
| 2 | Middle High German | liberîe | — |
| 3 | Old French | livree | delivery |
| 4 | French | livrer | to deliver; to hand over, deliver; to betray |
| 5 | Old French | livrer | to deliver; to give birth; to deliver |
| 6 | Latin | līberō | to free, set free, liberate |
| 7 | Latin | līberāre | — |
| 8 | Latin | Līber | — |
| 9 | Old Latin | loeber | — |
| 10 | French | lober | to lob |
| 11 | French | lob | lob |
| 12 | English | lob | To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high... |
| 13 | English | long | Having much distance from one terminating point... |
| 14 | English | longitude | Angular distance measured west or east of the... |
| 15 | Old French | longitude | — |
| 16 | Latin | longitūdō | length, longitude; longness |
| 17 | Latin | longus | far, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,... |
| 18 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 19 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |