felicity
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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felicity XIV. — (O)F.
félicité — L.
fēlicitās,
āt-, f.
fēlīx,
fēlīc- happy, orig. fertile, rel. to
fēcundus FECUND,
fētus FOETUS; see
-ITY.
Hence
felicitous XVIII. So
felicitate †make happy; congratulate. XVII. f. F. — L.; see
-ATE3.
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Muscle Shoals Speculation
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