Where does “felicitous” come from?
Felicitous comes from Middle English felicitous, from Latin felicitōsus, derived from felicitas, meaning happiness or good fortune, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root dʰeh₁(y)-.
felicitous (English): Characterized by felicity; Of a sentence or...
Definitions
- Characterized by felicity; Of a sentence or...
Ancestry of “felicitous”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | felicity | Happiness; An apt and pleasing style in speech,... |
| 2 | Latin | fēlīcitās | — |
| 3 | Latin | Fēlīx | — |
Words derived from “felicitous”