Where does “levantare” come from?
levantare (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin levāns, from Latin levō, from Latin lēvis, from Proto-Italic leɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European h₁léngʰus, from Proto-Indo-European h₁lengʷʰ- — light.
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Words derived from “levantare”