Think of something being lifted and set down somewhere much higher. What gets lifted changes from use to use: a person's rank, the way people speak of someone, or a person's own mood after good news. In every case the speaker is saying the same thing — this is now up high, higher than it was. That height is also why the word sounds serious wherever it appears.
From the word’s history
The packet traces exalt through Middle English exalten and Old French exalter to Latin exaltō, and stops there — it does not gloss the Latin. So the chain is documented, but the 'lift high' picture above should be read as a teaching model rather than a sourced root gloss.
證據裡的字源鏈是：中古英語 exalten ← 古法語 exalter ← 拉丁文 exaltō，到此為止，沒有再解釋拉丁文的字面意思。所以這條線是有出處的，但上面「往上抬」的畫面請當成幫助理解的模型，不是已經查證的字根解釋。
Wiktionary entry 'exalt' (verb), source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:887029478:20608, supplied in the evidence packet (etymology chain only; the Latin is not glossed there)
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原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
exaltverb/ɪɡˈzɒlt/
- 1
To honor; to hold in high esteem; to praise or worship.
- The LORD is exalted, for he dwells on high.
- They exalted their queen.
- 2
To raise in rank, status etc., to elevate.
- The man was exalted from a humble carpenter to a minister.
- 3
To elate, or fill with the joy of success.
- 4
archaicchemistrynatural-sciencesphysical-sciencesTo refine or subtilize.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。