Where does “liferant” come from?
liferant (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German Lieferant, from German liefern, from Middle High German lieveren, from Old French livrer, from Latin līberō, from Latin līberāre, from Latin Līber, from Old Latin loeber — asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
liferant (Serbo-Croatian): supplier
Ancestry of “liferant”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Lieferant | — |
| 2 | German | liefern | to supply, provide; to deliver; to yield |
| 3 | Middle High German | lieveren | — |
| 4 | Old French | livrer | to deliver; to give birth; to deliver |
| 5 | Latin | līberō | — |
| 6 | Latin | līberāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | Līber | — |
| 8 | Old Latin | loeber | — |
| 9 | French | lober | to lob |
| 10 | French | lob | lob |
| 11 | English | lob | To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high... |
| 12 | English | long | Having much distance from one terminating point... |
| 13 | English | longitude | Angular distance measured west or east of the... |
| 14 | Old French | longitude | — |
| 15 | Latin | longitūdō | — |
| 16 | Latin | longus | far, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,... |
| 17 | Latin | -ē | — |
| 18 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |