Where does “joyance” come from?
joyance (English) comes from English joy, from French joie, from English Joy, from Middle English joye, from Old French joie, from Latin gaudia, from Latin gaudium, from Latin -ium — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
joyance (English): Enjoyment, joy, delight
Ancestry of “joyance”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | joy | A feeling of extreme happiness or cheerfulness,... |
| 2 | French | joie | joy |
| 3 | English | Joy | — |
| 4 | Middle English | joye | joy; elation; gaiety |
| 5 | Old French | joie | joy; Alternative form of jouel |
| 6 | Latin | gaudia | nominative plural of gaudium; accusative plural... |
| 7 | Latin | gaudium | joy, delight |
| 8 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 9 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |