Morpheme
Leve
Type
bound base
Denotation
lighten, lessen, relieve
Etymology
Latin levare, from levis
Evidence
alleviate, alleviation, alleviator, elevate, elevation, elevator, elevator, irrelevance, irrelevant, irrelevantly, Levant, levee, levees, lever, levers, levies, levitate, levitated, levitates, levitating, levitation, levitational, levitationally, levitator, levity, levy, nonrelevant, reelevate, relevance, relevant, relevantly, releve, releves, superelevate, superelevation, unalleviated
Notes
classical base analysis
Modern Base Analysis
<Levite> denoting “levity”
alternative modern base analysis without suffixal construction -itate
from levity, from Latin levitās, from levis + -tās
levitate, levitated, levitates, levitating, levitation, levitational, levitationally, levitator
See Also
Relieve, Relief, Leaven, -itate
