English
felicitation
From felicitate + -ion.
Formed from felicitate + -ion
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- ‘to suckle, nurse’
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Proto-Italic *fēl(w)ī- ‘suckling (pr.ptc.), with young’
Latin fēlīx ‘happy’
Latin fēlīcitō ‘to felicitate’
Latin fēlicitātus
English felicitate
Today it means
noun The act of felicitating; a wishing of joy or happiness; congratulation.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / felicitation