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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