delight

(Αγγλικός)

Συχνότητα

C1
Προφέρεται ως (IPA)
/dəˈlaɪt/
Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

In summary

Attested from the 13th century, from Middle English delite, from Old French deleiter, deliter, from Latin dēlectāre (“to delight, please”), frequentative of dēlicere (“to allure, entice”), from dē- (“away”) + laciō (“I lure, I deceive”), from Proto-Italic *lakjō (“to draw, pull”), of unknown ultimate origin. Doublet of delect. Related with delectation, delicate, delicious and dilettante. The modern unetymological spelling (instead of expected delite) is influenced by light and other words ending in -ight, such as might, bright, etc. The -gh- may also be an attempt to represent the Latin -c-; compare obsolete indight for indict.

Related words

ηδονή

απόλαυση

ευφραίνω

τέρπω

μεγάλη ευχαρίσηση

χαρά

αγαπώ

τέρψη

χαίρομαι

θαυμασμός

αναγαλλιάζω

δίνω χαρά

ευχαριστιέμαι

ηδονίζομαι

μεγάλη ευχαρίστηση

χαροποιώ

ευχαρίστηση

ενθουσιασμός

chará

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