Sometimes it is really interesting to understand where certain words come from. He's an example:

In the old Phoenician Canaanites religion (which Judaism is derived from), the people worshipped Saturn as their God. In their language they called God: 'El'.

Anyone that promoted the worship of El was called an 'El-der'.

And someone that was an Elder, he became 'El-ected'. That's why we have 'El-ections'.

Now that an Elder got Elected, that person has become one of the 'El-ites'.

So that person moved up like an 'El-evator'.

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