The story
- Latin · derived fromeligere“to choose, elect”
- Old French · derived fromelit
- Middle English · inherited fromelit
- English todayelite
From Middle English elit, from Old French elit, eslit (“chosen, elected”) past participle of elire, eslire (“to choose, elect”), from Latin eligere (“to choose, elect”), with past participle electus; see elect.
Words from the same roots
Latineligere all →
electorHeloiseEloi
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.