Where does “elatement” come from?
elatement (English) comes from English elate, from Middle English elat, from Latin ēlātus, from Latin efferō, from Latin efferus, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis — whale, sea monster; abyss.
Ancestry of “elatement”, step by step
elatement traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English elate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | elate | To make joyful or proud; To lift up; raise;... |
| 2 | Middle English | elat | Pompous, elate, exultant, vain; Sublime,... |
| 3 | Latin | ēlātus | brought or carried out, forth or away, having been carried away |
| 4 | Latin | efferō | to bring, bear, carry, take out, forth, away; transport |
| 5 | Latin | efferus | savage; very wild, fierce or savage; wild, savage |
| 6 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 7 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 8 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 9 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 16 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 17 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |