Where does “levels” come from?
Levels comes from Middle English level, Old French livel, Latin libella meaning a small balance or level, from Latin libra meaning balance or scale, from Proto-Italic louðeros, from Proto-Indo-European lewbʰ-.
levels (English): plural of level; Third-person singular simple...
Definitions
- plural of level; Third-person singular simple...
Ancestry of “levels”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | level | The same height at all places; parallel to a flat... |
| 2 | Middle English | level | — |
| 3 | Old French | livel | — |
| 4 | Latin | lībella | — |
| 5 | Latin | lībra | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ζυγόν | yoke, for joining animals; yoke, burden; in... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | dzugón | yoke |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yugóm | yoke |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yewg- | to join, to yoke, to tie together |