Etymology

elevatory

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Today it means: Tending to raise, or having power to elevate. Full definition →

English elevate ← Middle English elevaten ← Latin ēlevātus
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The story

  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. English todayelevatory

From elevate + -ory.

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