Etymology

overelevation

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Today it means: excessive elevation Full definition →

English elevation ← Old French elevation ← Latin ēlevātiō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  9. Proto-Italic*eks
  10. Latinex
  11. Latinex-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₁lengʷʰ-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₁léngʰus
  14. Proto-Italic*breɣʷisinflu.
  15. Proto-Italic*leɣʷis
  16. Latinlevis
  17. Latinlevō
  18. Latinēlevō
  19. Latinēlevātiō
  20. Old Frenchelevation
  21. Englishelevation
  22. English todayoverelevation

From over- + elevation.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.