releve
‘a lifted step’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. relevé < F. relevé < relever ‘to raise’ < O.F. relever ‘to raise, relieve’ < Lat. relevare ‘to raise, alleviate, lift up, free from a burden’ < re- + levare ‘to lift up, lighten’ < levis ‘not heavy’ < luh < legwh- < Tamil el