Where does “malĝojiĝi” come from?
malĝojiĝi (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto ĝoja, from Esperanto ĝojo, from Italian gioia, from French joie, from English Joy, from Middle English joye, from Old French joie, from Latin gaudia — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
malĝojiĝi (Esperanto): to become sad/sorrowful
Ancestry of “malĝojiĝi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | ĝoja | glad |
| 2 | Esperanto | ĝojo | joy |
| 3 | Italian | gioia | joy, delight |
| 4 | French | joie | joy |
| 5 | English | Joy | — |
| 6 | Middle English | joye | joy; elation; gaiety |
| 7 | Old French | joie | joy; Alternative form of jouel |
| 8 | Latin | gaudia | nominative plural of gaudium; accusative plural... |
| 9 | Latin | gaudium | joy, delight |
| 10 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 11 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |