lev
light (weight); to raise
Latin · levis; levare
Latin levis 'light' and levare 'to raise'. Lev words are about lifting or lightness: a lever lifts, elevate raises up, levity is lightness of mood, levitate means to float up.
Memory trick
A LEVer lifts heavy things as if they were light: LEV means raise and light.
Words from this root
- lever (lev + er) — bar that lifts heavy loadsउत्तोलक, लीवर
- leverage (lever + age) — power gained by using a leverउत्तोलन शक्ति, दबदबा
- cantilever (canti + lever) — beam fixed at one endएक सिरे पर टिका बीम
- levity (lev + ity) — lightness of moodहल्कापन, चंचलता
- levitate (lev + itate) — to rise and float in the airहवा में तैरना
- elevate (e + lev + ate) — to raise upऊपर उठाना
- elevation (elevate + ion) — height above sea levelऊँचाई
- elevator (elevate + or) — lift that raises peopleलिफ़्ट
- levy (lev + y) — money or tax raisedकर, उगाही
- relevant (re + lev + ant) — raising a point that mattersप्रासंगिक
- irrelevant (ir + relevant) — not connected to the matterअप्रासंगिक