Etymology of the English word joyride
the English word
joyridederived from the English word
joyderived from the Old French word
joiederived from the Latin word
gaudiaderived from the Latin word
gaudium (everlasting blessedness; gaud, gaudy; joy, delight, gladness)
derived from the Classical Latin word
gaudere (be glad, rejoice)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*gau-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*gāu-derived from the English word
ridederived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*reidh-derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*ridananUsage
Word found in Modern English
