relevant

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1. Latin · borrowed fromrelevāns, relevāntem
2. Scots · borrowed fromrelevant
3. English todayrelevant

From Scots relevant meaning "legally pertinent," used in Scottish legal circles starting in the early 1500s, and first used in English in the 1700s. Borrowed from Latin relevāns, relevāntem, present active participle of relevō (“lift up again, lighten, relieve”), from re- (“again”) + levō (“lift”).