élit

See also: elit

French

Etymology

The past participle comes from Old French eslit, from Latin electus, probably through a Vulgar Latin form *exlectus. Compare the parallel Old French form esleü (Modern French élu).

Verb

élit

third-person singular present indicative of élire
(obsolete) past participle of élire (displaced by élu; survives in élite)

References

“élit” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

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