Where does “delete” come from?

delete (Italian) comes from Italian deleto, from Latin dēlētus, from Latin dēleō, from Latin oleō, from Proto-Italic oleō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂oléye-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂él- — to grow, nourish.

delete (Italian): feminine plural of deleto

Definitions

feminine plural of deleto

Ancestry of “delete”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Italian	deleto	erased, destroyed; removed due to deletion
2	Latin	dēlētus	destroyed
3	Latin	dēleō	to destroy, raze, annihilate
4	Latin	oleō	—
5	Proto-Italic	oleō	to stoke a fire by burning a sacrifice
6	Proto-Indo-European	h₂oléye-	—
7	Proto-Indo-European	h₂él-	to grow, nourish

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂él- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂oléye- →Every word from Proto-Italic oleō →