Where does “elit” come from?
elit (Polish) comes from Polish elita, from German Elite, from French élite, from French élit, from Old French eslit, from Old French elire, from Latin eligere, from Latin eligo.
elit (Polish): genitive plural of elita
Definitions
- genitive plural of elita
Ancestry of “elit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | elita | elite |
| 2 | German | Elite | elite |
| 3 | French | élite | elite |
| 4 | French | élit | third-person singular present indicative of... |
| 5 | Old French | eslit | chosen, elected |
| 6 | Old French | elire | — |
| 7 | Latin | eligere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | eligo | I choose, I pluck or root out, extract; I pick... |
| 9 | Latin | e- | Alternative form of ex-; out of; out, utterly |
| 10 | Latin | ex- | out, away; throughout; thoroughly |
| 11 | Latin | e | The name of the letter "E"; out of, from |
| 12 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 13 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 14 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 15 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 16 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 20 | Middle English | kyt | — |