self-elevation

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *swé?

Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der.

Proto-Germanic *selbaz

Old English self

Old English self-

Middle English self-

English self-

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

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin ēlevātiō

Old French elevation

English elevation

English self-elevation

From self- + elevation.

Noun

self-elevation (countable and uncountable, plural self-elevations)

1. (of a person or group) elevation of oneself in one's own mind

   Humility and care for others are the important qualities lacking in our self-preoccupations and self-elevations.

2. (computing) elevation of one's own user privilege level (usually to run software that requires a higher privilege level)

   User self-elevation occurs when mobile, remote, or power users need to run software that is usually run by only users with administrator-level permissions.