levain

French

noun

Definitions

sourdough
leaven (any agent used to make dough rise)

Etymology

Inherited from Old French levain inherited from Latin levāmen, levamentum.

Origin

Latin

levamentum

Gloss

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Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*levĭtum Latin
allevātum Latin
levamentum Latin
levāmen Latin
levō Latin
lievito Italian
levain Middle English
levain Old French
aluat Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
levan Friulian