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