Where does “leveur” come from?
leveur (Old French) comes from Latin levator, from Latin levō, from Latin lēvis, from Proto-Italic leɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European h₁léngʰus, from Proto-Indo-European h₁lengʷʰ- — light.
leveur (Old French): a lifter, lever
Ancestry of “leveur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | levator | second-person singular future passive imperative... |
| 2 | Latin | levō | — |
| 3 | Latin | lēvis | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | leɣʷis | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁léngʰus | lightweight |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁lengʷʰ- | light |
Words derived from “leveur”