Where does “paleolevee” come from?

paleolevee (English) comes from English levee, from French levée, from French lever, from Middle French lever, from Old French lever, from Latin levō, from Latin lēvis, from Proto-Italic leɣʷis — light.

paleolevee (English): A prehistoric levee

Definitions

  1. A prehistoric levee

Ancestry of “paleolevee”, step by step

paleolevee traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English levee

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishleveeAn embankment to prevent inundation; as, the...
2Frenchlevéeremoval; levee; feminine singular of the past...
3FrenchleverTo raise, lift; To rise, stand up; To get up
4Middle Frenchleverto lift
5Old Frenchleverto lift; to get up
6Latinlevōto raise, elevate, lift up
7Latinlēvislight, not heavy
8Proto-Italicleɣʷislight
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁léngʰuslightweight
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁lengʷʰ-light

via English paleo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpaleoClipping of paleodiet
2Hawaiianleovoice; sound; command; verbal message
3Proto-Polynesianleovoice; language; speech
4Proto-Oceanicleqo
5Proto-Oceanic*(qa-)liqoʀthroat front part of the neck
6Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*liqəʀ
7Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*liqəʀ
8Proto-Malayo-Polynesianliqəʀneck
9Proto-Austronesianliqəʀneck
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁lengʷʰ-