Elate
/ɪˈleɪt/noun
To make someone ecstatically happy or proud, or to feel that way oneself.
Did you know?Elate comes from Latin elatus, the past participle of efferre, meaning “to carry out” or “raise up,” so its oldest sense is literally about being lifted upward.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*tel-
“to lift, support, or bear”
Latin
Latin
ferre
“to carry, bear”
Latin
Latin
efferre
“to carry out, bring forth, raise up”
Latin
Latin
elatus
“raised up, lifted out”
16th Century
English
elate
“to lift up, raise; later, to make joyful or proud”
Modern English
English
elate
“to fill with or show great joy or pride”