English
elated
Elated comes from Latin elatus ‘raised’, from efferō ‘bring or carry out, forth or away’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰer-‘to bear, carry’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰéreti‘to be carrying’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ferō‘to carry, bear’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEferō‘carry, bear’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEefferō‘bring or carry out, forth or away’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEelatus‘raised’
- Englishtodayelated
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰer-‘to bear, carry’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰéreti‘to be carrying’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ferō‘to carry, bear’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEferō‘carry, bear’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEefferō‘bring or carry out, forth or away’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEelatus‘raised’
- Englishtodayelated
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to bear, carry’
bar, birth, prefer, broad, bread, fortune, burden, bearing, barn, barrel, bore, fury, baron, breeze, bark, berth, broom, barrow, embargo, fret, ferret, insufferable, furtive, bier, bahar, proffer, birr, bairn, burnish, barrette, 113 more
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti ‘to be carrying’
bear, borne, phosphorus, euphoria, phosphate, dysphoria, semaphore, indifferently, phosphine, 91 more
through Proto-Italic *ferō ‘to carry, bear’
suffering, differently, indifferent, differentiation, infertility, deference, infertile, differentially, deferential, differentiable, differentiator, 68 more
through Latin ferō ‘carry, bear’
different, offer, difference, reference, transfer, suffer, extraordinary, translation, differ, referendum, relative, referee, frustration, fertility, relation, fertile, strangely, extravagant, translate, relate, defer, confer, infer, fertilization, infra, extraneous, strangeness, frustrate, fertilize, ablation, collation, estrange, ablative, collate, dilate, oblate, 79 more
through Latin efferō ‘bring or carry out, forth or away’
through Latin elatus ‘raised’
Today it means
adj Extremely happy and excited; delighted; pleased, euphoric.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- / elated