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Where does “funalicious” come from?

funalicious (English) comes from English -licious, from English delicious, from Middle English delicious, from Anglo-Norman delicious, from Old French delicious, from Latin dēliciōsus, from Latin dēliciae, from Latin dēliciō — afterwards, post; by, at.

funalicious (English): Excitingly fun or enticing

Definitions

  1. Excitingly fun or enticing

Ancestry of “funalicious”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-licious2011, Nancy Kennedy, The Hollywood Wrap: 100...
2EnglishdeliciousPleasing to taste; tasty; Metaphorically pleasing...
3Middle Englishdelicious—
4Anglo-Normandeliciousdelicious; tasty; noble; courtly; courteous
5Old Frenchdeliciousdelicious; tasty; noble; courtly; courteous
6Latindēliciōsus—
7Latindēliciae—
8Latindēliciō—
9Latindē-—
10Latindē—
11Latinpostbehind; after, since, besides, except; behind,...
12Latinposteablative singular of postis
13Proto-Italicposti—
14Proto-Indo-Europeanpósti—
15Proto-Indo-Europeanpósafterwards, post; by, at
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