Etymology

inclinator

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Today it means: An elevator that ascends an incline rather than in a vertical shaft. Full definition →

English elevator ← Middle English elevaten ← Latin ēlevātus
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Proto-Italic*en-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*ḱel-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ḱley-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱl̥néyti ~ *ḱl̥nyénti
  8. Proto-Italic*kl(e)inō
  9. Proto-Italic*klei- ~ *kli-influ.
  10. Latinclīnō
  11. Latininclīnāre
  12. Old Frenchencliner
  13. Middle Englishenclinen
  14. Englishincline
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  17. Proto-Italic*eks
  18. Latinex
  19. Latinex-
  20. Proto-Indo-European*h₁lengʷʰ-
  21. Proto-Indo-European*h₁léngʰus
  22. Proto-Italic*breɣʷisinflu.
  23. Proto-Italic*leɣʷis
  24. Latinlevis
  25. Latinlevō
  26. Latinēlevō
  27. Latinēlevātus
  28. Middle Englishelevat
  29. Middle Englishelevaten
  30. Englishelevate
  31. Englishelevator
  32. English todayinclinator

Blend of incline + elevator.

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