Enjoy
/ɪnˈdʒɔɪ/noun
To take pleasure or satisfaction in something.
Did you know?English enjoy comes from Old French enjoir, built from en- (“make”) + joir (“rejoice”), and its deeper Latin ancestor gaudēre is the same root behind words like joy and gaudy.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*gʰewh₂-
“to rejoice, be glad”
Latin
Latin
gaudēre
“to rejoice, be glad”
Vulgar Latin
Latin
*gaudīre
“to rejoice”
Old French
Old French
enjoir
“to rejoice, delight in”
Middle English
English
enjoien
“to delight in, take pleasure in”
Modern English
English
enjoy
“to take pleasure in”