Etymology of the English word joystick
the English word
joystickderived 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
stickderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*steig-derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*stik-Usage
Word found in Modern English
