1660s, noun of action from Latin levitas "lightness" (see levitate) + -ion.
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levitate v.
1670s, "to rise by virtue of lightness" (intransitive), from Latin levitas "lightness," on the model of gravitate (compare levity). Transitive sense of "raise (a person) into the air, cause to become buoyant" (1870s) is mainly from spiritualism. Related: Levitated; levitating.
-ion
word-forming element attached to verbs, making nouns of state, condition, or action, from French -ion or directly from Latin -ionem (nominative -io, genitive -ionis), common suffix forming abstract nouns from verbs.
maglev
system of rail transportation using two sets of magnets, 1973, a contraction of magnetic levitation.