English Explanatory Dictionary

leavenous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Containing leaven; leavened.
  2. Inducing change, especially a corrupting or vitiating change.

Word forms

leavenous more leavenous most leavenous

Etymology

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 *h₃ed-der. Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English leavenous From leaven + -ous.

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