Where does “delight” come from?
I need to address an issue with this request. The chain provided shows "light" not "delight," and the chain repeats the same form multiple times. The headword is "delight" but no etymological chain for it has been provided.
I cannot accurately write an origin summary because:
1. The chain given traces "light," not "delight"
2. "Delight" has a different etymology (from Old French *delectare*, ultimately from Latin delectāre)
3. The chain contains duplicates and appears incomplete or corrupted
4. No meaning is supplied for delight
Could you provide the correct etymological chain for "delight"? I'll then write an accurate one-sentence summary following all the rules.
delight (English): Joy; pleasure; Something that gives great joy or...
Definitions
- Joy; pleasure; Something that gives great joy or...
Ancestry of “delight”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | delite | Delightfulness; a feeling of joy or mirth,... |
| 2 | Old French | delit | delight; pleasure; joy |
| 3 | Old French | delitier | to delight |
| 4 | Latin | delecto | I delight, charm, please; dative masculine... |
| 5 | Latin | dēliciō | — |
| 6 | Latin | dē- | — |
| 7 | Latin | dē | — |
| 8 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 9 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | posti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |
Words derived from “delight”