Where does “ĝojo” come from?
ĝojo (Esperanto) comes from Italian gioia, from French joie, from English Joy, from Middle English joye, from Old French joie, from Latin gaudia, from Latin gaudium, from Latin -ium — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
ĝojo (Esperanto): joy
Definitions
- joy
Ancestry of “ĝojo”, step by step
ĝojo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian gioia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | gioia | joy, delight |
| 2 | French | joie | joy |
| 3 | English | Joy | A feeling of extreme happiness or cheerfulness, especially related to the acquisition or expectation of something good |
| 4 | Middle English | joye | joy; elation; gaiety |
| 5 | Old French | joie | joy; Alternative form of jouel |
| 6 | Latin | gaudia | nominative plural of gaudium; accusative plural... |
| 7 | Latin | gaudium | joy, delight |
| 8 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 9 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |