Where does “delighteth” come from?
Delighteth comes from English delight, which derives from Old English lēoht meaning "light," traced through Proto-Germanic liuhtijaną back to Proto-Indo-European lewktom.
delighteth (English): third-person singular simple present indicative...
Definitions
- third-person singular simple present indicative...
Ancestry of “delighteth”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | delight | Joy; pleasure; Something that gives great joy or... |
| 2 | Middle English | delite | Delightfulness; a feeling of joy or mirth,... |
| 3 | Old French | delit | delight; pleasure; joy |
| 4 | Old French | delitier | to delight |
| 5 | Latin | delecto | I delight, charm, please; dative masculine... |
| 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 |