The story
- Old English · inherited fromlifer“liver; probably used of thick, clotted water”
- English todayLivermere
From Old English lifer (“liver; probably used of thick, clotted water”) or lēfer (“rush, reed, yellow iris, levers”) and mere (“pond, pool, lake”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishlifer all →
liver
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.