Etymograph

English

sublation

Sublation comes from Latin sublātiō ‘removal’, from tollō ‘raise, elevate’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- ‘to bear, to undergo, to endure’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*telh₂-1‘to bear, to undergo, to endure’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tl̥néh₂ti1‘to be lifting’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*tolnō1‘to lift, carry’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtollō2‘raise, elevate’next step skipped: Latin sublātus
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsublātiō3‘removal’perfect passive participle of tollō
  6. Englishtodaysublation3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin tollo
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin sublatio
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English sublation

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*telh₂-Wiktionary, Latin tollo‘to bear, to undergo, to endure’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tl̥néh₂tiWiktionary, Latin tollo‘to be lifting’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*tolnōWiktionary, Latin tollo‘to lift, carry’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtollōWiktionary, Latin sublatio‘raise, elevate’next step skipped: Latin sublātus
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsublātiōWiktionary, English sublation‘removal’perfect passive participle of tollō
  6. EnglishtodaysublationWiktionary, English sublation

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- ‘to bear, to undergo, to endure’

talent, tolerance, tolerate, tolerant, atlas, intolerable, tolerable, tellurium, toleration, 16 more

through Latin tollō ‘raise, elevate’

toll, extol, 3 more

Today it means

noun A flotation method in which the material to be separated is adsorbed on the surface of gas bubbles in a liquid and is collected on an upper layer of an immiscible liquid

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “sublation”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin tollo, Latin sublatio. 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 *telh₂- / sublation

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