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