English
elevatorlike
From elevator + -like.
A compound of elevate + -or + elevator
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs ‘out’
Proto-Italic *eks
Proto-Italic *leɣʷis ‘light’
Latin levis ‘light, not heavy’
Latin levō
Latin ēlevō ‘to raise or elevate’
Latin ēlevātus ‘raised, elevated’
Middle English elevat
Middle English elevaten
English elevate
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs ‘out’
Proto-Italic *eks
Proto-Italic *leɣʷis ‘light’
Latin levis ‘light, not heavy’
Latin levō
Latin ēlevō ‘to raise or elevate’
Latin ēlevātus ‘raised, elevated’
Middle English elevat
Middle English elevaten
English elevate
English elevator
Today it means
adj Resembling or characteristic of an elevator.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / elevatorlike