Where does “alleggiamento” come from?
alleggiamento (Italian) comes from Italian alleggiare, from Italian leggero, from Old French legier, from Vulgar Latin leviarius, from Latin levius, from Latin lēvis, from Proto-Italic leɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European h₁léngʰus — light.
alleggiamento (Italian): alleviation, relief
Ancestry of “alleggiamento”, step by step