Where does “delicious” come from?
delicious (Middle English) comes from Anglo-Norman delicious, from Old French delicious, from Latin dēliciōsus, from Latin dēliciae, from Latin dēliciō, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post — afterwards, post; by, at.
Ancestry of “delicious”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Anglo-Norman | delicious | delicious; tasty; noble; courtly; courteous |
| 2 | Old French | delicious | delicious; tasty; noble; courtly; courteous |
| 3 | Latin | dēliciōsus | — |
| 4 | Latin | dēliciae | — |
| 5 | Latin | dēliciō | — |
| 6 | Latin | dē- | — |
| 7 | Latin | dē | — |
| 8 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 9 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | posti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |
Words derived from “delicious”