Where does “soulever” come from?

soulever (French) comes from French lever, from Middle French lever, from Old French lever, from Latin levō, from Latin lēvis, from Proto-Italic leɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European h₁léngʰus, from Proto-Indo-European h₁lengʷʰ- — light.

soulever (French): to raise, to lift up, to pick up

Definitions

  1. to raise, to lift up, to pick up

Ancestry of “soulever”, step by step

soulever traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French lever

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchleverTo raise, lift; To rise, stand up; To get up
2Middle Frenchleverto lift
3Old Frenchleverto lift; to get up
4Latinlevōto raise, elevate, lift up
5Latinlēvislight, not heavy
6Proto-Italicleɣʷislight
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁léngʰuslightweight
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁lengʷʰ-light

via Latin sublevō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsublevōto lift up or raise (from underneath)
2Latinsub-under, sub

Words derived from “soulever”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁lengʷʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁léngʰus →Every word from Proto-Italic leɣʷis →