Where does “deletee” come from?

deletee (English) comes from English delete, from Latin dēlētus, from Latin dēleō, from Latin oleō, from Proto-Italic oleō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂oléye-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂él- — to grow, nourish.

deletee (English): A word or clause that is deleted

Definitions

A word or clause that is deleted

Ancestry of “deletee”, step by step

deletee traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English delete

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	delete	To remove, get rid of or erase, especially...
2	Latin	dēlētus	destroyed
3	Latin	dēleō	to destroy, raze, annihilate
4	Latin	oleō	—
5	Proto-Italic	oleō	to stoke a fire by burning a sacrifice
6	Proto-Indo-European	h₂oléye-	—
7	Proto-Indo-European	h₂él-	to grow, nourish

via English EE

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	EE	Initialism of electrical engineering
2	Cantonese	噫	—

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂él- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂oléye- →Every word from Proto-Italic oleō →