Lift
/lɪft/noun
To raise or move something upward, or to take up and carry.
Did you know?“Lift” is a native English word, and its deeper past is tied to old Germanic ideas of raising something up, not any occult or astrological root.
Etymological Timeline
Old English
OE
lyftan
“to raise, lift up”
Old English
OE
lyft
“air, sky; the upper atmosphere”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*luftijaną
“to lift, raise”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*luftiz
“air, sky”
Modern English
English
lift
“to raise upward; to move to a higher position”