Editing Lever (section)

== Etymology ==
The word "lever" entered [[English language|English]] around 1300 from {{langx|fr|label=[[Old French]]|link=yes|text=levier|i=yes}}. This sprang from the stem of the verb ''lever'', meaning "to raise". The verb, in turn, goes back to {{langx|la|levare}},<ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Lever |volume=16 |page=510}}</ref> itself from the adjective ''levis'', meaning "light" (as in "not heavy"). The word's primary origin is the [[Proto-Indo-European language|Proto-Indo-European]] stem {{lang|mis|leg<sup>wh</sup>-}}, meaning "light", "easy", or "nimble", among other things. The  PIE stem also gave rise to the English-language antonym of "heavy", "light".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=lever |title=Etymology of the word "lever" in the Online Etymological  |access-date=2015-04-29 |archive-date=2015-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150512104818/http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=lever |url-status=live }}</ref>