The story
- New Latin · borrowed fromlevātor“one that lifts or raises”
- English todaylevator
Borrowed from New Latin levātor (“one that lifts or raises”). Doublet of lever.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
levator
Today it means: Any of several muscles whose contraction causes the raising of a part of the body. Full definition →
New Latin levātor