leavener
nounEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *h₁léngʰusder. ▲ Proto-Italic *breɣʷisinflu.? Proto-Italic *leɣʷis Latin levis Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin levō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Italic *-men Latin -men Vulgar Latin *levāmender. Old French levainbor. Middle English levayn English leaven Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āsjos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English leavener From leaven + -er.
- derived from -āriusbor
- derived from *-āsjos Latin -āriusnom✻
- derived from levayn English leaven Proto-Indo-European *-yósder
- derived from levainbor
- derived from *breɣʷisinflu✻
Definitions
Any agent that promotes leavening.
The neighborhood
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No curated loop yet for leavener. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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