Liverpool
English
proper noun
Definitions
- (city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside); an important seaport in the United Kingdom, and once one of the biggest in the world.
- (city in New South Wales), which is a suburb of Sydney.
- (town in Nova Scotia).
- (village in Fulton County)
- (village in Onondaga County).
- (borough in Perry County).
- (small city in Brazoria County).
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English Liverpul derived from Old English lifer (clotted water, probably used of thick, liver) affix from English laver + English pool (small body of water, put together).
Origin
English
pool
Gloss
small body of water, put together
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Livermere English
- carpool English
- cesspool English
- cowpool English
- fishpool English
- laver English
- laverbread English
- micropool English
- moonpool English
- multipool English
- pool English
- pool of death English
- poolable English
- pooler English
- poolfish English
- poolgoer English
- poolhouse English
- poolroom English
- poolscape English
- poolside English
- poolster English
- poolward English
- poolwater English
- press pool English
- rockpool English
- subpool English
- tidepool English
- vanpool English
- whirlpool English
- wordpool English
- пул Russian
- Liverpool Portuguese
- *librō Proto-Germanic
- pool Swedish
- プール Japanese
- リヴァプール Japanese
- lifer Old English
- Liverpul Middle English
- laver Middle English
- liver Middle English
- pool Middle English
- लिवरपूल Hindi
- 利物浦 Chinese