elevation English · revision 15258

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=late 14th century|origins=ine-pro *h₁legʷʰ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˌɛlɪˈveɪʃn̩/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|elevacioun]], [[bor|fro|elevation]] and directly [[la|ēlevātiō|t=a lifting up]],^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(NODE 1998) from the past participle stem of [[m|la|ēlevō|t=to lift up, raise; to lighten]] (see [[elevate]]),^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998) from [[m|la|ex|t=out]] and [[m|la|levō|t=to lighten, raise]], from [[m|la|levis|t=light]], from [[ine-pro|*h₁legʷʰ-|t=not heavy]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A rising, or the height to which something is raised: the late 14th century in Etymonline;^(Etymonline) Merriam-Webster gives the 14th century.^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The act of raising something up is from the 1520s.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) In the Mass, the lifting up of the Host for adoration is recorded from 1563–87,^(OED 1989) and a rising of the ground or skin from 1543.^(OED 1989) The figurative lifting up of the soul, exaltation of feeling, is from about 1600.^(OED 1989) In ballet, a dancer's leap off the ground is from 1830.^(OED 1989) Height above sea level and a scale drawing of one face of a building are in modern dictionaries.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * late 14th century – a height.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1526 – the act of lifting up.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1543 – a rising of the ground.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1563–87 – the elevation of the Host.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1830 – a dancer's leap.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The act of raising something, or the state of being raised.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Height above a given level, especially above [[sea level]]; [[altitude]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A raised place; a height.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Loftiness of thought or feeling.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A scale drawing of the side or front of a building.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[superelevation]]

+ * [[angle of elevation]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[elevate]]

+ * [[elevator]]

+ * [[lever]]

+ * [[levity]]

+ * [[relieve]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}