Unnumbered source etymology · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗intj
Expressing appreciation and happiness.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo feel joy, to rejoice. · To enjoy. · To give joy to; to congratulate. · To gladden; to make joyful; to exhilarate.
The noun is from Middle English joye, borrowed from Old French joie, from Late Latin gaudia, neuter plural (mistaken as feminine singular) of Latin gaudium (“joy”), from gaudēre (“to be glad, rejoice”). Doublet of jo and gaudy (“Oxford college reunion”). Displaced native Old English ġefēa. The interjection is from the noun. The verb is from Middle English joyen, joȝen, joien, from Old French jöir, from the Old French noun (see above).
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