Etymology

re-elevate

Today it means: To elevate again; to bring higher again. Full definition →

English elevate ← Middle English elevaten ← Latin ēlevātus
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  8. Proto-Italic*eks
  9. Latinex
  10. Latinex-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₁lengʷʰ-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₁léngʰus
  13. Proto-Italic*breɣʷisinflu.
  14. Proto-Italic*leɣʷis
  15. Latinlevis
  16. Latinlevō
  17. Latinēlevō
  18. Latinēlevātus
  19. Middle Englishelevat
  20. Middle Englishelevaten
  21. Englishelevate
  22. English todayre-elevate

From re- + elevate.

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