English
Levantine
From Levant + -ine (“of”).
Formed from Levant + -ine ‘of’
Proto-Indo-European *h₁léngʰus ‘lightweight’
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Old French lever ‘to lift (up)’
Middle French lever ‘to lift’
French lever ‘to raise’
French levant
English Levant
Today it means
adj Of the Levant, the Eastern Mediterranean.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Levantine