Where does “goody” come from?

Goody comes from Middle English -y, from Middle French -ie, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ivus, from Latin -ia, from Proto-Indo-European -kos.

goody (English): Used to indicate pleasure or delight; A small...

Definitions

  1. Used to indicate pleasure or delight; A small...

Ancestry of “goody”, step by step

goody traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Good

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishGoodPlato's metaprinciple of proper systemic function between principles; the fundamental Platonic form which enables knowledge and metacognition, from which other concepts such as truth, justice and virtue derive meaning
2Dutchgoedgood; correct, right; all right, fine
3Middle Dutchgoetgood
4Old Dutchguotgood
5Proto-West Germanicgōdgood
6Proto-Germanicgudąinvoked one; god, deity
7Proto-Germanicgastizstranger, guest
8Proto-Indo-Europeangʰóstisstranger, host
9Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots

via English goodwife

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgoodwifeA female head of a household; "Goodwife Hopkins"
2Middle Englishgoodwyf—

Words derived from “goody”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tis →