Where does “levante” come from?
levante (Italian) comes from Italian levarsi, from Latin levāns, from Latin levō, from Latin lēvis, from Proto-Italic leɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European h₁léngʰus, from Proto-Indo-European h₁lengʷʰ- — light.
levante (Italian): rising; east; levanter
Ancestry of “levante”, step by step