Etymology of the English word leverage
the English word
leveragederived from the English word
leverderived from the Old French word
levierderived from the Old French word
leverderived from the Latin word
levare (to raise; alleviate; make smooth, polish; lift, raise, hold up; lighten, lessen, relieve; undo, take off; release)
derived from the Classical Latin word
levis (light, thin, trivial; smooth; slippery, polished)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*legʷh-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*lei-derived from the Old French word
leveourderived from the Old French word
leverderived from the Latin word
levare (to raise; alleviate; make smooth, polish; lift, raise, hold up; lighten, lessen, relieve; undo, take off; release)
derived from the Classical Latin word
levis (light, thin, trivial; smooth; slippery, polished)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*legʷh-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*lei-using the English suffix
-agederived from the French suffix
-agederived from the Vulgar Latin suffix
-aticumderived from the Latin suffix
-aticusderived from the Latin suffix
-icusderived from the Greek suffix
-ikos, -ϊκος, -ικος, -ῖκος
derived from the Latin suffix
-atDerivations in other languages
Italian
leveraggioUsage
Word found in Modern English
