felicity

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 325 words | Copyright

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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