myEtymology.com: Portuguese etymology of livel

Etymology of the Portuguese word livel

the Portuguese word livel

derived from the Latin word libellus (little, small book; memorial)

derived from the Latin word liber (book, volume; inner bark of a tree; children; child; free; unimpeded; void of; unconstrained, unrestrained, unencumbered)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *leudh-

Derivations in Portuguese

livelar

Cognates

Dutch niveau, Dutch nivelleren, English level, French niveler, French niveau, German Niveau, German nivellieren, Italian livello, Norwegian nivo, Norwegian nivellere, Provençal livell, Spanish nivel, Swedish nivo, Swedish nivellera