Etymology

deliver

de·liv·er
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Today it means: To set free from restraint or danger. Full definition →

Middle English deliveren ← Old French delivrer ← Latin dē
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  1. Latin · derived fromdē
  2. Old French · derived fromdelivrer
  3. Middle English · inherited fromdeliveren
  4. English todaydeliver

From Middle English deliveren, from Anglo-Norman and Old French delivrer, from Latin dē + līberō (“to set free”). Compare typologically dispatch, analyzable as dis- + impeach, from Latin impedicō (also akin to impede).

Words from the same roots

Old Frenchdelivrer all →

delivery

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