Proto-Italic

*leɣʷis

‘light’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Italic *leɣʷis.

33 English words in this record descend from Proto-Italic *leɣʷis, most familiar first.

• leave ← lever ← lever ← lever ← levāre
• relevant ← relevāns ← relevō ← levō ← levis
• elevator ← elevate ← elevaten ← elevat ← ēlevātus
• elevation ← ēlevātiō ← ēlevō ← levō ← levis
• lever ← leveor ← levātor ← levō ← levis
• alleviate ← alleviatus ← alleviō ← levis
• elevate ← elevaten ← elevat ← ēlevātus ← ēlevō
• levant ← lever ← lever ← lever ← levāre
• allege ← alleggen ← alegier ← alleviāre ← levis
• levee ← lever ← lever ← lever ← levāre
• leger ← legier ← legier ← *leviārium ← levis
• levitation ← levitas ← levis

More words from *leɣʷis

• leaven
• unleavened
• levator
• elevational
• levain
• superelevation
• dextroelevation
• elevatable
• elevatory
• enlevé
• enlevement
• laevoelevation
• leavenless
• leavenous
• leggiadrous
• leavener
• overleaven
• overelevation
• paleoelevation
• superelevate
• unleavenable

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *leɣʷis