Where does “levantar” come from?

levantar (Spanish) comes from French lever, from Middle French lever, from Old French lever, from Latin levō, from Latin lēvis, from Proto-Italic leɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European h₁léngʰus, from Proto-Indo-European h₁lengʷʰ- — light.

levantar (Spanish): to lift; to raise, put up; to put up; build up

Definitions

  1. to lift; to raise, put up; to put up; build up

Ancestry of “levantar”, step by step

levantar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French lever

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchleverTo raise, lift; To rise, stand up; To get up
2Middle Frenchleverto lift
3Old Frenchleverto lift; to get up
4Latinlevōto raise, elevate, lift up
5Latinlēvislight, not heavy
6Proto-Italicleɣʷislight
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁léngʰuslightweight
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁lengʷʰ-light

via Old Spanish levantar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishlevantarto raise
2Vulgar Latinlevantare—
3Latinlevānslifting, raising

Words derived from “levantar”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁lengʷʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁léngʰus →Every word from Proto-Italic leɣʷis →