Where does “enjoyment” come from?

Enjoyment comes from Middle English enjoyen, from Old French enjoyer, ultimately from Latin mens meaning mind, via the suffix -mentum denoting a state or condition.

enjoyment (English): The condition of enjoying anything; An enjoyable...

Definitions

  1. The condition of enjoying anything; An enjoyable...

Ancestry of “enjoyment”, step by step

enjoyment traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English enjoy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishenjoyTo receive pleasure or satisfaction from...
2Middle Englishenjoyen—
3Old Frenchenjoier—

via English ment

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishmentsimple past tense and past participle of meng;...
2Korean멘트—

Words derived from “enjoyment”

Every word from Old French enjoier →Every word from Middle English enjoyen →Every word from English enjoy →
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