Etymograph

English

Felicity

Felicity comes from Latin Felicitas.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEFelicitas
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2010Felicity

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEFelicitas
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2010Felicity

Earliest quotation: 2010, Sophie Hannah, A Room Swept White: “Fliss had them. Felicity Benson, Happiness Benson. Except she's…”

Today it means

name A female given name from English.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin Felicitas / Felicity