elicit
ih-LIS-it · verb
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Origin
Elicit comes from Latin elicitus, the past participle of eliciō, meaning "draw forth." English borrowed the word directly from this Latin form.
Journey
The facts available don't describe a shift in meaning — the word has carried the sense of drawing something out since it entered English from Latin.
Related words
The facts given don't point to a specific English cognate, so none is claimed here.
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