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felicity

/fɪˈlɪsəti/fih-LIH-suh-tee
/fɪˈlɪsəti/fih-LIH-suh-tee

Meaninghappiness

Common meaning: great happiness

Other meanings: apt style

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√BHU‘grow, become, be, dwell, build’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 242, p. 738 · scan
  2. Latinfēlīx, -īcis‘fruitful’
  3. Old Frenchfelicitesource
  4. Middle Englishfeliciteesource
  5. Englishfelicity‘great happiness’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin fēlīx ‘fruitful; lucky, happy’.

Roots

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