delivery (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[delivery 词源字典]
early 15c., "action of handing over to another," from Anglo-French delivrée, noun use of fem. past participle of Old French délivrer (see deliver). Childbirth sense is attested from 1570s. Of speech, from 1580s. Of a blow, throw of a ball, etc., from 1702.[delivery etymology, delivery origin, 英语词源]