Delicious
Middle English (also in the sense ‘characterized by sensuous indulgence’): via Old French from late Latin deliciosus, from Latin deliciae (plural) ‘delight, pleasure’.
wiktionary
From Middle English delicious, from Anglo-Norman delicious, from Old French delicious, delicieux, from Late Latin dēliciōsus(“delicate, delicious”), from dēliciae(“delights”), plural of dēlicia(“pleasure”), from deliciō(“I allure, I entice”), from de-(“away”) + laciō(“I lure, I deceive”). Displaced native Middle English este(“delicious, favorable”) (from Old English ēste(“delicious, dainty, luxurious, delicate”)), Middle English wunli, wunlic(“delicious, joyous”) (from Old English wynlīċ(“pleasant, beautiful, joyful”)), Old English ēstelīc(“delicious, delicate, dainty”).
etymonline
delicious (adj.)
c. 1300, "delightful to the senses, pleasing in the highest degree" (implied in deliciously), from Old French delicios (Modern French délicieux), from Late Latin deliciosus "delicious, delicate," from Latin delicia (plural deliciae) "a delight, allurement, charm," from delicere "to allure, entice," from de- "away" (see de-) + lacere "to lure, entice," which is of uncertain origin.
Especially, but not exclusively, of taste. Related: Deliciously. As a name of a type of apple, attested from 1903, first grown by Jesse Hiatt of Iowa, U.S.A. Colloquial shortening delish is attested from 1920.
