Where does “delivery” come from?
delivery (Spanish) comes from English delivery, from Old French delivrer, from Latin līberō, from Latin līberāre, from Latin Līber, from Old Latin loeber, from French lober, from French lob — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
delivery (Spanish): delivery
Ancestry of “delivery”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | delivery | The act of conveying something; The item which... |
| 2 | Old French | delivrer | to set free; to liberate; to give birth; to... |
| 3 | Latin | līberō | — |
| 4 | Latin | līberāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | Līber | — |
| 6 | Old Latin | loeber | — |
| 7 | French | lober | to lob |
| 8 | French | lob | lob |
| 9 | English | lob | To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high... |
| 10 | English | long | Having much distance from one terminating point... |
| 11 | English | longitude | Angular distance measured west or east of the... |
| 12 | Old French | longitude | — |
| 13 | Latin | longitūdō | — |
| 14 | Latin | longus | far, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,... |
| 15 | Latin | -ē | — |
| 16 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 17 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 18 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 19 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |