myEtymology.com: English etymology of delivering

Etymology of the English word delivering

the English word delivering

derived from the English word deliver

derived from the French word délivrer

derived from the Latin word deliberare (weigh, consider, deliberate)

derived from the Latin word liberare (free; acquit, absolve)

derived from the Latin word liber (book, volume; inner bark of a tree; children; child; free; unimpeded; void of; unconstrained, unrestrained, unencumbered)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *leudh-

using the Late Latin prefix de-

derived from the Latin word de (away; down)

derived from the Latin word librare (balance,swing; hurl)

derived from the Classical Latin word libra (scales, balance; level)

derived from the Old French word delivrer