Where does “fuorigioco” come from?

fuorigioco (Italian) comes from Italian gioco, from Latin iocus, from Proto-Italic jokos, from Proto-Indo-European yokos, from Proto-Indo-European yek- — to utter.

fuorigioco (Italian): offside

Definitions

  1. offside

Ancestry of “fuorigioco”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiangiocogame; backlash; first-person singular present...
2Latiniocusa joke, jest; a form of amusement; pastime, sport
3Proto-Italicjokosword, saying
4Proto-Indo-Europeanyokosword, utterance
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyek-to utter
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yek- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European yokos →Every word from Proto-Italic jokos →