Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Wordsmith Wednesday

If I don't hurry, it's gonna be Wordsmith Thursday and that just doesn't have the same ring to it, ya know?



So...here you go:

Root:

levare - Latin (v) - to lighten, lift, raise

Derivatives:

elevate - to lift or raise up, either physically or mentally (elevator, elevation)

lever - a simple tool used to lift heavy objects (leverage)

levity - a lightness of spirit

levitate - to raise supernaturally, in defiance of gravity

levee - a raising of the ground to prevent flooding

levy - the raising of money by increasing a tax or fee

relevant - that which is raised to a place of importance (irrelevant, relevance, relevancy,)




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