英文词源
- levitate (v.)
- 1670s, "to rise by virtue of lightness," from Latin levitas "lightness," patterned in English on gravitate. Sense of "raise (a person) into the air" is mainly from spiritualism (1870s). Related: Levitated; levitating.
中文词源
来自拉丁语levare,升起，举起，词源同lever,light.引申词义使升空，漂浮。
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：levitate 词源，levitate 含义。
词根词缀： -lev-举,升 + it + -ate动词词尾
