Relevant
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early 16th century (as a Scots legal term meaning ‘legally pertinent’): from medieval Latin relevant- ‘raising up’, from Latin relevare .
wiktionary
Borrowed from Latin relevāns, relevāntem, present active participle of relevō(“lift up again, lighten, relieve”), from re-(“again”) + levō(“lift”).
etymonline
relevant (adj.)
"to the purpose, applicable, pertinent to the matter at hand," 1550s, from French relevant "depending upon," originally "helpful," from Medieval Latin relevantem (nominative relevans), from stem of Latin relevare "to lessen, lighten," hence "to help, assist; comfort, console" (see relieve). Not generally used until after 1800.
