The story
- Latin · derived fromdēlectāre“to delight”
- Italian · borrowed fromdilettante
- English todaydilettante
From Italian dilettante, present participle of dilettare (“to delight”), from Latin dēlectāre (“to delight”).
Words from the same roots
Latindēlectāre all →
delightdelect
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.