Where does “killjoy” come from?
killjoy (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.
killjoy (English): A person who is anti-fun, or prevents others from...
Definitions
- A person who is anti-fun, or prevents others from...
Ancestry of “killjoy”, step by step
killjoy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English joy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | joy | A feeling of extreme happiness or cheerfulness,... |
| 2 | French | joie | joy |
| 3 | English | Joy | A feeling of extreme happiness or cheerfulness, especially related to the acquisition or expectation of something good |
| 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 |
via English kill
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | kill | To put to death; to extinguish the life of; To... |
| 2 | Middle English | killen | — |
| 3 | Old English | cwellan | to kill; to slay |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | kwalljan | to make suffer, to hurt |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | kwaljaną | to make suffer, to hurt |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |