Etymology

Elevatorgate

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Today it means: A controversy of 2011 over whether the American blogger Rebecca Watson was right to suggest that a man in an elevator inviting her to his room for coffee was behaving inappropriately. Full definition →

English Watergatebf. ← French hôte ← Middle French hostel
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinex
  5. Latinex-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₁lengʷʰ-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₁léngʰus
  8. Proto-Italic*breɣʷisinflu.
  9. Proto-Italic*leɣʷis
  10. Latinlevis
  11. Latinlevō
  12. Latinēlevō
  13. Latinēlevātus
  14. Middle Englishelevat
  15. Middle Englishelevaten
  16. Englishelevate
  17. Englishelevator
  18. Proto-Indo-European*wed-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
  20. Proto-Germanic*watōr
  21. Proto-West Germanic*watar
  22. Old Englishwæter
  23. Middle Englishwater
  24. Englishwater
  25. Proto-Indo-European*gʰe(n)d-
  26. Proto-Indo-European*gʰed-eti
  27. Proto-Germanic*getaną
  28. Proto-Germanic*gatą
  29. Proto-West Germanic*gat
  30. Old Englishġeat
  31. Middle Englishgate
  32. Englishgate
  33. Proto-Indo-European*gʰóstis
  34. Proto-Indo-European*pótis
  35. Proto-Indo-European*gʰóstipotis
  36. Proto-Italic*hostipotis
  37. Latinhospes
  38. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  39. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  40. Latinhospitālis
  41. Old Frenchostel
  42. Middle Frenchhostel
  43. Frenchhôte
  44. Englishhotel
  45. EnglishWatergate Hotel
  46. EnglishWatergatebf.
  47. English todayElevatorgate

From elevator + -gate.

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