Where does “elation” come from?
Elation comes from Middle English elacioun, from Old French elacion, from Latin elationem, the accusative of elatio, derived from the past participle elatus of effero meaning to carry out or lift up, from ex- and the Proto-Indo-European root bʰer- meaning to bear or carry.
elation (English): An exhilarating psychological state of pride and...
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Ancestry of “elation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | elacioun | — |
| 2 | Old French | elacion | — |
| 3 | Latin | ēlātiō | The act of carrying out; carrying to a grave, burial |
| 4 | Latin | ēlātus | brought or carried out, forth or away, having been carried away |
| 5 | Latin | efferō | to bring, bear, carry, take out, forth, away; transport |
| 6 | Latin | efferus | savage; very wild, fierce or savage; wild, savage |
| 7 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 8 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 9 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 10 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | Middle Dutch | kitte | a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden... |