Where does “Levy” come from?
Levy comes from English Levi, which derives from Hebrew לֵוִי, a name of uncertain original meaning.
Ancestry of “Levy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Anglo-Norman | leve | — |
| 2 | Old French | levee | feminine singular of the past participle of lever |
| 3 | Old French | lever | to lift; to get up |
| 4 | Latin | levō | — |
| 5 | Latin | lēvis | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | leɣʷis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁léngʰus | lightweight |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁lengʷʰ- | light |