Etymology

deliciousness

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Today it means: The state or quality of being delicious. Full definition →

English delicious ← Middle English delicious ← Anglo-Norman delicious
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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. Englishdelicious
  17. English todaydeliciousness

From delicious + -ness.

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