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Where does “delighting” come from?

Delighting derives from English delight, which combines English light with the suffix -de, tracing through Old English lēoht and Proto-Germanic liuhtijaną to Proto-Indo-European lewktom meaning bright or shining.

delighting (English): present participle of delight

Definitions

  1. present participle of delight

Ancestry of “delighting”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdelightJoy; pleasure; Something that gives great joy or...
2Middle EnglishdeliteDelightfulness; a feeling of joy or mirth,...
3Old Frenchdelitdelight; pleasure; joy
4Old Frenchdelitierto delight
5LatindelectoI delight, charm, please; dative masculine...
6Latindēliciō—
7Latindē-—
8Latindē—
9Latinpostbehind; after, since, besides, except; behind,...
10Latinposteablative singular of postis
11Proto-Italicposti—
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpósti—
13Proto-Indo-Europeanpósafterwards, post; by, at

Words derived from “delighting”

  • undelighting
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