Etymograph

English

re-elevate

Re-elevate comes from Latin ēlevātus ‘raised, elevated’, from levis ‘light, not heavy’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁éǵʰ1reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁éǵʰs1‘out’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*eks1reconstructed
  4. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*leɣʷis1‘light’reconstructed
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElevis1‘light, not heavy’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElevō1
  7. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEēlevō1‘to raise or elevate’
  8. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEēlevātus1‘raised, elevated’
  9. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500elevat1
  10. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500elevaten1
  11. English1500–presentelevate1
  12. Englishtodayre-elevate1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English re-elevate

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁éǵʰWiktionary, English re-elevatereconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁éǵʰsWiktionary, English re-elevate‘out’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*eksWiktionary, English re-elevatereconstructed
  4. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*leɣʷisWiktionary, English re-elevate‘light’reconstructed
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElevisWiktionary, English re-elevate‘light, not heavy’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElevōWiktionary, English re-elevate
  7. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEēlevōWiktionary, English re-elevate‘to raise or elevate’
  8. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEēlevātusWiktionary, English re-elevate‘raised, elevated’
  9. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500elevatWiktionary, English re-elevate
  10. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500elevatenWiktionary, English re-elevate
  11. English1500–presentelevateWiktionary, English re-elevate
  12. Englishtodayre-elevateWiktionary, English re-elevate

A compound of re- + elevate

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

…

Latin ēlevō ‘to raise, lift up’

Latin ēlevātus ‘raised, elevated’

Middle English elevat ‘high’

Middle English elevaten ‘to raise up, erect’

English elevate

Linked words

through Proto-Italic *eks

ex, expulsion, affray, enunciation, excommunicate, 18 more

through Latin levis ‘light, not heavy’

leave, oblivion, oblivious, allege, alleviate, levant, leger, levee, levity, levitation, levitate, 24 more

through Latin levō

relief, relevant, relieve, lever, unleavened, leaven, 21 more

through Latin ēlevō ‘to raise or elevate’

elevation, 10 more

through English elevate

elevator, 3 more

Today it means

verb To elevate again; to bring higher again.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “re-elevate”. 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 *h₁éǵʰ / re-elevate

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