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-1‘to bear, carry’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰéreti1‘to be carrying’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ferō1‘to carry, bear’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEferō1‘carry, bear’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEefferō2‘bring or carry out, forth or away’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEelatus3‘raised’
- Englishtodayelated3
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin effero
- 2 Wiktionary, Latin elatus
- 3 Wiktionary, English elated
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰer-Wiktionary, Latin effero‘to bear, carry’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰéretiWiktionary, Latin effero‘to be carrying’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ferōWiktionary, Latin effero‘to carry, bear’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEferōWiktionary, Latin effero‘carry, bear’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEefferōWiktionary, Latin elatus‘bring or carry out, forth or away’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEelatusWiktionary, English elated‘raised’
- EnglishtodayelatedWiktionary, English elated
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, 112 more
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti ‘to be carrying’
bear, borne, phosphorus, euphoria, phosphate, dysphoria, semaphore, indifferently, phosphine, 90 more
through Proto-Italic *ferō ‘to carry, bear’
suffering, differently, indifferent, differentiation, infertility, deference, infertile, differentially, deferential, differentiable, differentiator, 67 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, 78 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.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “elated”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin effero, Latin elatus. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- / elated