Etymology

leveller

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Today it means: A person or thing that levels. Full definition →

English level ← Middle English level ← Old French live
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*leyH-
  2. Proto-Italic*līðrā?
  3. Latinlībra
  4. Latinlibella
  5. Old Frenchlive
  6. Middle Englishlevel
  7. Englishlevel
  8. English todayleveller

From level + -er.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.