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"delight"<-- de- + light <--This particular "light" comes from
"delite" (ME) <-- delit & delitier ( #OldFrench) <-- dēlectāre ( #Latin) <-- de- + laciō (Lat), in which "lacio" <-- *lakjō ( #ProtoItalic), meaning "to allure."
At some point, the spelling of "light" ("light") influenced the spelling of "delite," making the #English word seem to share the same origins.
But where the root of "light" means "to shine," the root of "lite" in "delight" means "to entice."
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@courtcan So there's a relationship to delicious then?
Thus, if something delights me, then that something has distracted me from what previously enticed me.
"I am delighted with your plans" means "I am so utterly pleased with your plans that what I was doing before I heard your plans is no longer interesting to me."
#LANGUAGE IS SO FUCKING COOL, Y'ALL
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@courtcan wow. After the first two posts I was expecting “well, you see, de- in this etymology doesn’t derive from Latin “to undo” it’s actually “to enhance” from some other weird-ass language” but no. Thanks for the ride!
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