Where does “elater” come from?
elater (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.
elater (English): That which elates; Elasticity; especially the...
Definitions
- That which elates; Elasticity; especially the...
Ancestry of “elater”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | elate | To make joyful or proud; To lift up; raise;... |
| 2 | Middle English | elat | Pompous, elate, exultant, vain; Sublime,... |
| 3 | Latin | ēlātus | — |
| 4 | Latin | efferō | — |
| 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 | — |
| 8 | Latin | commūnis | — |
| 9 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | — |
| 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 |