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levito

Pronunciation: [ˈɫɛ.wɪ.toː]

“levito” is a Latin word. Its meaning in English:

verb

  1. to have one's motion directed upward, as opposed to the downward motion induced by gravity; to levitate

Etymology

Attested as early as the 1520s in the works of Agostino Nifo (c. 1473 – 1538 or 1545); from levis + -itō, or by metanalysis of levitās.

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