Meaning

noun variety of sweet eating apples

adjective greatly pleasing or entertaining

adjective extremely pleasing to the sense of taste

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Late Latin dē Late Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-der.? Proto-Italic *lakjō Late Latin laciō Late Latin dēliciō Late Latin dēliciae Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ōtsos or *-otsos Late Latin -ōsus Late Latin…

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