myEtymology.com: Italian etymology of sopraelevazione

Etymology of the Italian word sopraelevazione

the Italian word sopraelevazione

derived from the Italian word sopraelevare

derived from the Latin word superelevare

derived from the Classical Latin word super (above)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *uper

derived from the Latin word elevare (lift up, raise; alleviate)

derived 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 Late Latin prefix e-