Proto-Italic
*leɣʷis
‘light’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Italic *leɣʷis.
32 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
- enlevement
- laevoelevation
- leavenless
- leavenous
- leggiadrous
- leavener
- overleaven
- overelevation
- paleoelevation
- superelevate
- unleavenable
From Wiktionary, by Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); adapted. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Italic *leɣʷis