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Where does “jovial” come from?

jovial (German) comes from French jovial, from Middle French jovial, from Italian gioviale, from Latin ioviālis, from Latin iuppiter, from Proto-Italic djous patēr, from Proto-Italic *djous, from Proto-Indo-European dyḗws — to be bright; sky, heaven.

jovial (German): jovial

Definitions

  1. jovial

Ancestry of “jovial”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchjovialjovial, jolly
2Middle Frenchjovial—
3Italiangiovialejolly, jovial
4Latinioviālis—
5Latiniuppiter—
6Proto-Italicdjous patērJupiter
7Proto-Italic*djous—
8Proto-Indo-Europeandyḗwssky, heaven; sky god
9Proto-Indo-Europeandyéws—
10Proto-Indo-Europeandyew-to be bright; sky, heaven

Words derived from “jovial”

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