Where does “levar” come from?
levar (Ido) comes from Esperanto Levi, from Italian levare, from Spanish levantar, from French lever, from Middle French lever, from Old French lever, from Latin levō, from Latin lēvis — light.
levar (Ido): to lift , raise, heft
Ancestry of “levar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | Levi | — |
| 2 | Italian | levare | to take, take away, take off, move away, remove,... |
| 3 | Spanish | levantar | to lift; to raise, put up; to put up; build up |
| 4 | French | lever | To raise, lift; To rise, stand up; To get up |
| 5 | Middle French | lever | to lift |
| 6 | Old French | lever | to lift; to get up |
| 7 | Latin | levō | — |
| 8 | Latin | lēvis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | leɣʷis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁léngʰus | lightweight |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁lengʷʰ- | light |