Where does “delicious” come from?
Delicious comes from Middle English delicious, from Anglo-Norman delicious, from Old French delicious, ultimately from Latin de and -osus, meaning "of or characterized by delight."
delicious (English): Pleasing to taste; tasty; Metaphorically pleasing...
Definitions
- Pleasing to taste; tasty; Metaphorically pleasing...
Ancestry of “delicious”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | delicious | — |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | delicious | delicious; tasty; noble; courtly; courteous |
| 3 | Old French | delicious | delicious; tasty; noble; courtly; courteous |
| 4 | Latin | dēliciōsus | delicious |
| 5 | Latin | dēliciae | delight, pleasure |
| 6 | Latin | dēliciō | — |
| 7 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 8 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 9 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 10 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |