英文词源
- lever (n.)
- c. 1300, from Old French levier (Modern French leveur) "a lifter, a lever," agent noun from lever "to raise," from Latin levare "to raise," from levis "light" in weight, from PIE root *legwh- "light, having little weight; easy, agile, nimble" (cognates: Sanskrit laghuh "quick, small;" Greek elakhys "small," elaphros "light;" Old Church Slavonic liguku, Lithuanian lengvas "light;" Old Irish laigiu "smaller, worse;" Gothic leihts, Old English leoht "light" (adj.)). As a verb, 1856, from the noun.
中文词源
来自拉丁语levare,升起，举起，来自PIE*legwh,轻的，可举起的，词源同light,levitate.引申词义杠杆。
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：lever 词源，lever 含义。
词根词缀： -lev-举,升 + -er物
