delicious

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European*de
2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
3. Proto-Italic*dē
4. Latindē
5. Latindē-
6. Proto-Indo-European*deh₃-der.?
7. Proto-Italic*lakjō
8. Latinlaciō
9. Latindēliciō
10. Latindēliciae
11. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
12. Proto-Indo-European*h₃édosder.?
13. Late Latindēliciōsu
14. Anglo-Normandelicious
15. Middle Englishdelicious
16. English todaydelicious

From Middle English delicious, from Anglo-Norman delicious, from Old French delicious, delicieux, from Late Latin dēliciōsus (“delicate, delicious”), from dēliciae (“delights”), plural of dēlicia (“pleasure”), from delicere (“to allure, to entice”), from de- (“away”) + laciō (“to lure, deceive”), from Proto-Italic *lakjō (“to draw, pull”), of unknown ultimate origin. Displaced native Old English ārlīċ (“delicious”).

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