Where does “levante” come from?
levante (Interlingua) comes from Interlingua levar, from Italian levare, from Spanish levantar, from French lever, from Middle French lever, from Old French lever, from Latin levō, from Latin lēvis — light.
levante (Interlingua): present participle of levar
Definitions
- present participle of levar
Ancestry of “levante”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Interlingua | levar | to raise, lift; to get up |
| 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 | to raise, elevate, lift up |
| 8 | Latin | lēvis | light, not heavy |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | leɣʷis | light |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁léngʰus | lightweight |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁lengʷʰ- | light |