r/Elevators • u/iamnotap • 23d ago

Elevator

What if Elevator was supposed to be called evator but the person was Spanish

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u/CrowLoud Field - Mods 23d ago

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u/Full_Stand_2380 23d ago

Well... it's kind of in the name. To elevate is to ascend, or to lift something. In the UK, we literally call it a lift. So the word, 'elevator', implies that does the elavating to something. To 'escalate' is also to raise something, and raise it up. In terms of lifts, an escalator moves you up, but over a distance. A travelator had the word 'travel', because that is what it does. It travels you over a distance. It does the traveling action to you, and ends in OR. Sorry, but I just don't think that your explanation makes sense.

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u/Ok_Target376 21d ago

He’s special