Delivered
/dɪˈlɪv.ərd/noun
Past tense and past participle of deliver, meaning to hand over, rescue, or bring to a destination.
Did you know?Deliver ultimately comes from Latin *deliberare*, meaning “to set free” or “release,” so the word’s history is about liberation before it became about packages and messages.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
dēlīberāre
“to set free, release, or free from a burden”
Late Latin
Latin
dēlīberāre
“to free, release, or hand over”
Old French
Old French
delivrer
“to free, save, or hand over”
Middle English
English
delivren
“to free, rescue, or hand over”
Modern English
English
delivered
“freed, handed over, or brought to its destination”
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