Where does “autolivellante” come from?
autolivellante (Italian) comes from Italian livellante, from Italian livellare, from Italian livello, from Latin libellus, from Latin Līber, from Old Latin loeber, from French lober, from French lob — shoe.
autolivellante (Italian): self-levelling
Definitions
- self-levelling
Ancestry of “autolivellante”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | livellante | present participle of livellare |
| 2 | Italian | livellare | to level |
| 3 | Italian | livello | level; level, tier; level, standard |
| 4 | Latin | libellus | a little book, booklet, pamphlet; a billet,... |
| 5 | Latin | Līber | — |
| 6 | Old Latin | loeber | — |
| 7 | French | lober | to lob |
| 8 | French | lob | lob |
| 9 | English | lob | To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high... |
| 10 | English | long | Having much distance from one terminating point... |
| 11 | English | longitude | Angular distance measured west or east of the... |
| 12 | Old French | longitude | — |
| 13 | Latin | longitūdō | length, longitude; longness |
| 14 | Latin | longus | far, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,... |
| 15 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 16 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 17 | Latin | calceus | shoe |