Etymology

transelevator

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Today it means: An automated system used to move, store and retrieve objects in an automated warehouse. Full definition →

English elevator ← Middle English elevaten ← Latin ēlevātus
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*terh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*térh₂t
  3. Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂ónts
  4. Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂n̥ts
  5. Proto-Italic*trāns
  6. Proto-Italic*trāns-
  7. Latintrans-
  8. Englishtrans-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  11. Proto-Italic*eks
  12. Latinex
  13. Latinex-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₁lengʷʰ-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₁léngʰus
  16. Proto-Italic*breɣʷisinflu.
  17. Proto-Italic*leɣʷis
  18. Latinlevis
  19. Latinlevō
  20. Latinēlevō
  21. Latinēlevātus
  22. Middle Englishelevat
  23. Middle Englishelevaten
  24. Englishelevate
  25. Englishelevator
  26. English todaytranselevator

From trans- + elevator.

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