Where does “jota” come from?
jota (French) comes from Spanish jota, from Spanish xota, from Mozarabic šáwta, from Latin saltō, from Latin saliō, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l.
jota (French): jota
Ancestry of “jota”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Spanish | jota | jot; iota; The name of the Latin-script letter J;... |
| 2 | Spanish | xota | — |
| 3 | Mozarabic | šáwta | jump |
| 4 | Latin | saltō | — |
| 5 | Latin | saliō | — |
| 6 | Latin | sāl | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | sāls | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | — |