elevatorlike

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs

Proto-Italic *eks

Latin ex

Latin ex-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-us

Proto-Indo-European *h₁léngʰus

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Proto-Italic *breɣʷisinflu.

Proto-Italic *leɣʷis

Latin levis

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin levō

Latin ēlevō

Latin ēlevātusder.

Middle English elevat

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-nom

Proto-Indo-European *-onom

Proto-Germanic *-aną

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Germanic *-janą

Old English -an

Middle English -en

Middle English elevaten

English elevate

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin -ātor

Old French -eorbor.

Middle English -our

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Latin -torlbor.

English -or

English elevator

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-West Germanic *-līk

Old English -līċ

Middle English -like

English -like

English elevatorlike

From elevator + -like.

Adjective

elevatorlike (comparative more elevatorlike, superlative most elevatorlike)

1. Resembling or characteristic of an elevator.
   • 1967 February, Kiplinger's Personal Finance, volume 21, number 2:

     Cooking surfaces could be raised and lowered, elevatorlike, to adjust to the heights of tall and short cooks.