felicitous
English
/fəˈlɪsɪtəs/
adj
Definitions
- Characterized by felicity.
- (linguistics) Of a sentence or utterance: semantically and pragmatically coherent; fitting in the context.
Etymology
Suffix from English felicity root from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (suckle, suck, nurse, suck milk).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*dʰeh₁(y)-
Gloss
suckle, suck, nurse, suck milk
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
哺
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Fitz- English
- autofellatio English
- fecund English
- fecundation English
- fecundity English
- felicitously English
- felicitousness English
- felicity English
- fellator English
- fellatrix English
- infelicitous English
- infelicitously English
- infelicitousness English
- infelicity English
- unfelicitous English
- unfelicitously English
- Fēlīx Latin
- faenus Latin
- fecundus Latin
- felicitas Latin
- fello Latin
- fellātio Latin
- femella Latin
- fetus Latin
- foenum-graecum Latin
- fēlīcitās Latin
- fētus Latin
- fīlia Latin
- femme French
- fécond French
- Τηθύς Ancient Greek
- θεῖος Ancient Greek
- θῆλυς Ancient Greek
- τίτθη Ancient Greek
- τιθήνη Ancient Greek
- *dʰeh₁(y)- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰeh₁(y)-m̥n-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰeh₁(y)-no- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰeh₁-lw-i Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰeh₁-m̥h₁n-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰeh₁-m̥h₁n-éh₂, *dʰeh₁m̥h₁néh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰeh₁ylios Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰéh₁(y)-e-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *dajjaną Proto-Germanic
- *dajjǭ Proto-Germanic
- *dil- Proto-Germanic
- *dilkaz Proto-Germanic
- di Swedish
- dibarn Swedish
- दधि Sanskrit
- धान्य Sanskrit
- dilkr Old Norse
- dilkær Old Norse
- die Danish
- *dojiti Proto-Slavic
- *dětę Proto-Slavic
- *děva Proto-Slavic
- felicité Old French
- denu Welsh
- դայեակ Old Armenian
- *delu- Proto-Celtic
- *dī-āti-s Proto-Celtic
- *dʰa(H)inúš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *dā(i)tjā Proto-Albanian
- *dē- bat-pro
- دا Bakhtiari