Where does “ĝojigi” come from?
ĝojigi (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto ĝoji, from Esperanto ĝojo, from Italian gioia, from French joie, from English Joy, from Middle English joye, from Old French joie, from Latin gaudia — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
ĝojigi (Esperanto): to make happy
Ancestry of “ĝojigi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | ĝoji | to be glad, happy, or joyful; to rejoice |
| 2 | Esperanto | ĝojo | joy |
| 3 | Italian | gioia | joy, delight |
| 4 | French | joie | joy |
| 5 | English | Joy | — |
| 6 | Middle English | joye | joy; elation; gaiety |
| 7 | Old French | joie | joy; Alternative form of jouel |
| 8 | Latin | gaudia | nominative plural of gaudium; accusative plural... |
| 9 | Latin | gaudium | joy, delight |
| 10 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 11 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |