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"delivery (of goods)" in seven languages

Meaningdelivery (of goods)

Spanish

entrega

/enˈtɾega/

fem.other source · Spanish entregar, from Latin INTEGRĀRE 'to make whole'

French

livraison

/livʁɛzɔ̃/

fem.inherited

A French noun built on livrer 'to deliver'.

Italian

consegna

/konˈseɲɲa/

fem.other source · Italian consegnare, from Latin CONSIGNĀRE 'to seal, record'

Portuguese

entrega

/ẽˈtɾɛɡɐ/

fem.other source · entregar, from Latin INTEGRĀRE 'to make whole'

Romanian

livrare

/liˈvrare/

fem.borrowed · French livrer

Catalan

lliurament

/ʎiwɾəˈmen/

masc.inherited

Built on lliurar (LĪBERĀRE); in shops entrega is widely heard too.

English

delivery

/dɪˈlɪvəɹi/

from Latin/French · Anglo-French delivree, from Old French delivrer

English → Italiandelivery (of goods)consegnaNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: deliver, liberate, liberty.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

LĪBERĀRE‘to set free’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

French livrer and English deliver both go back to LĪBERĀRE 'to set free', handing over what you hold. Spanish 'makes whole' (entregar); Italian 'consigns'.

English relatives: deliver, liberate, liberty

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In a sentence

  • esLa entrega es gratuita.
  • frLa livraison est gratuite.
  • itLa consegna è gratuita.
  • ptA entrega é grátis.
  • roLivrarea este gratuită.
  • caEl lliurament és gratuït.
  • enDelivery is free.

The Latin family

LĪBER-· free

LĪBERUM 'free' was so tied to law and the Church that in Spanish, French and Italian the adjective survives only in learned or semi-learned shapes (libre, libre, libero); Portuguese livre and Catalan lliure show more wear, and Romanian liber was taken from Latin. The verb LĪBERĀRE did run the popular course, turning into Spanish librar, Portuguese livrar, Catalan lliurar and French livrer 'to deliver' — the learned liberar, libérer is its doublet. Not to be confused with LIBRUM 'book' (short i, originally 'inner bark').

  • LĪBERUMfree

    eslibrefrlibreitliberoptlivrerolibercalliure

  • LĪBERTĀTEMfreedom

    eslibertadfrlibertéitlibertàptliberdaderolibertatecallibertatenliberty

  • LĪBERĀREto free; (legal) to hand over

    eslibrarfrlivrerptlivrarcalliurarendeliver

  • LĪBERĀREto set free (learned)

    esliberarfrlibéreritliberareptliberarroeliberaenliberate

  • LĪBERĀLEMbefitting a free man; generous

    esliberalfrlibéralitliberaleptliberalroliberalcaliberalenliberal

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