Etymology

nonelevator

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Today it means: Not of or pertaining to elevators. Full definition →

English elevator ← Middle English elevaten ← Latin ēlevātus
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  16. Proto-Italic*eks
  17. Latinex
  18. Latinex-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*h₁lengʷʰ-
  20. Proto-Indo-European*h₁léngʰus
  21. Proto-Italic*breɣʷisinflu.
  22. Proto-Italic*leɣʷis
  23. Latinlevis
  24. Latinlevō
  25. Latinēlevō
  26. Latinēlevātus
  27. Middle Englishelevat
  28. Middle Englishelevaten
  29. Englishelevate
  30. Englishelevator
  31. English todaynonelevator

From non- + elevator.

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