Etymology

joyride

joy·ride
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Today it means: A ride in a vehicle taken solely for pleasure or enjoyment, especially a vehicle ride taken with no particular goal or purpose and just for the pleasure or enjoyment of a vehicle ride. Full definition →

English ride ← Middle English riden ← Old English rīdan
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The story

  1. Latingaudeō
  2. Latingaudia
  3. Old Frenchjoie
  4. Middle Englishjoye
  5. Englishjoy
  6. Proto-Germanic*rīdaną
  7. Proto-West Germanic*rīdan
  8. Old Englishrīdan
  9. Middle Englishriden
  10. Englishride
  11. English todayjoyride

From joy + ride.

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