The Stacks project

Definition 68.11.5. Let $S$ be a scheme. Let $X$ be an algebraic space over $S$. Let $x \in X$ be a point. An elementary étale neighbourhood is an étale morphism $(U, u) \to (X, x)$ where $U$ is a scheme, $u \in U$ is a point mapping to $x$, and the morphism $u = \mathop{\mathrm{Spec}}(\kappa (u)) \to X$ is a monomorphism. A morphism of elementary étale neighbourhoods $(U, u) \to (U', u')$ is defined as a morphism $U \to U'$ over $X$ mapping $u$ to $u'$.