Elation
/ɪˈleɪ.ʃən/noun
A feeling of great happiness, exhilaration, or uplift.
Did you know?Elation comes from Latin words meaning “to lift up” or “carry out,” and its emotional meaning developed from that physical sense of being raised or borne away.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*h₁el-
“to raise, grow, or be high”
Latin
Latin
efferre
“to carry out, bear away, bring forth”
Latin
Latin
elatus
“borne up, lifted up”
Late Latin
Latin
elatio
“a carrying out, raising up”
16th Century
English
elation
“a raising up; later, a feeling of being uplifted in spirit”
Modern English
English
elation
“a state of great joy or exhilaration”