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levis
Latin · ancient
"light, not heavy"
light, not heavy, combined with ad- (to)
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alleviare
Late Latin · medieval
"to lighten, to make less burdensome"
to lighten, to make less burdensome, from ad- and levis
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alleviate
English · 1400s
"to make pain or difficulty less severe"
settled as the English word for making pain or difficulty less severe
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