adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
levius
*levius (feminine *levia, neuter *levium)
Meaning
- Proto Romanceadjectivereconstructionlight (in weight)
Origins
Alteration of Latin levis. First attested in Old Occitan.
Italo-Romance
- Neapolitanlieggio
- Neapolitanliggio
- Sicilianlieggiu
- Sicilianleggiu
Insular Romance
- Campidaneselebiu
- Logudoreselebiu
- Nuoreselepiu
Occitano-Romance
- unknownlèugefrom Old Occitan leuge
- unknownlèujasfrom Old Occitan leuge
- unknownlhejasfrom Old Occitan leuge
- unknownlauyíufrom Old Occitan leuge
- Auvergnatlèugefrom Old Occitan leuge
- Gasconlèugefrom Old Occitan leuge
- Gasconléujafrom Old Occitan leuge
- Languedocienlèugefrom Old Occitan leuge
- Limousinlèugefrom Old Occitan leuge
- Vivaro-Alpinelhèagefrom Old Occitan leuge
In English words that came into English from levius
- leger*leviārium