English

joyflight

From joy + flight.

A compound of joy + flight

Latin gaudeō ‘to be glad, rejoice’

Latin gaudium

Late Latin gaudia

Old French joie

Middle English joye ‘joy’

English joy

Proto-Indo-European *plewk- ‘to fly’

Proto-Germanic *fleuganą ‘to fly’

Proto-West Germanic *fluhti ‘flight’

Old English flyht ‘flight’

Middle English flight

Today it means

noun A flight in an aerial vehicle taken for enjoyment.

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

Etymograph / joyflight