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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | © The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

leaven substance added to dough to produce fermentation. XIV. ME. levain — (O)F. :- Gallo—Rom. use of L. levāmen lit. ‘means of raising’, only in sense ‘alleviation, relief’, f. levāre lighten, relieve, raise (cf. LEVITY).
Hence vb. XV.

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