LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neuter

levitum

*levitum n

Meaning

  1. Proto Italo Western Romanceneuterreconstructionyeast

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominative/ˈlɛβetu//ˈlɛβeta/

Origins

From a nominalization of the neuter of *levitus, alteration of Classical levātus (“raised, lifted”, past participle of levāre), by analogy with other participles such as domitus < domāre.

Ibero-Romance
  • Portugueselêvedofrom Old Galician-Portuguese levedo
  • Spanishleudofrom Old Spanish lebdo
  • Spanishlieldofrom Old Spanish lebdo
  • Aragoneseleuto
  • Aragoneseleute
  • Aragoneselleuto
  • Asturianlleldu
  • Asturiandieldu
  • Leoneselleldu
  • Leonesellieldu
Italo-Romance
  • Italianlievito
  • Corsicanlevitu
  • Central dialectslevitufrom Italian lievito
  • Central dialectslevetofrom Italian lievito
  • Central dialectslievetafrom Italian lievito
  • Sicilianlevitu
  • Sicilianlievitu
Gallo-Romance
  • Catalanlleute
  • Gasconlhèute
Gallo-Italic
  • Lombardlevad
  • Lombardlevaa
  • Piedmonteselevà

Quick answers

What does levitum mean in Latin?
levitum, a noun, means “yeast”.