Where does “Juliet” come from?
Juliet (Cebuano) comes from English Juliet, from Italian Giulietta, from Italian Giulia, from Latin Iūlia, from Latin Iūlius, from Latin iuppiter, from Proto-Italic djous patēr, from Proto-Italic *djous — to be bright; sky, heaven.
Juliet (Cebuano): Juliet (the character in Romeo and Juliet)
Definitions
- Juliet (the character in Romeo and Juliet)
Ancestry of “Juliet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Juliet | One of the title characters of Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet |
| 2 | Italian | Giulietta | Juliet |
| 3 | Italian | Giulia | Julia |
| 4 | Latin | Iūlia | Julia, the feminine form of Iūlius, the family name (nomen gentilicium) of an ancient Roman patrician family (gens), perhaps best known for being the gens of Julius Caesar. Famous female members of the gens Julia include |
| 5 | Latin | Iūlius | Of the gens Julia, a patrician Roman family |
| 6 | Latin | iuppiter | Jupiter god of the sky and ruler of the Roman pantheon |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | djous patēr | Jupiter |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *djous | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dyḗws | sky, heaven; sky god |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dyéws | sky, heaven |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |