joye
Middle English
noun
Definitions
- joy; elation; gaiety
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French joie.
Origin
Old French
joie
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- enjoy English
- joy English
- joyance English
- joyant English
- joydom English
- joyful English
- joygasm English
- joyhood English
- joyish English
- joyless English
- joylike English
- joyness English
- joypad English
- joypop English
- joyride English
- joysome English
- joystick English
- killjoy English
- overjoy English
- rejoy English
- unjoy English
- *gaudia Latin
- *jocale Latin
- gaudia Latin
- gioia Italian
- joie French
- joie Old French
- joieus Old French
- joya Old Portuguese