Where does “gioco” come from?

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

gioco (Italian): game; backlash; first-person singular present...

Definitions

  1. game; backlash; first-person singular present...

Ancestry of “gioco”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latiniocusa joke, jest; a form of amusement; pastime, sport
2Proto-Italicjokosword, saying
3Proto-Indo-Europeanyokosword, utterance
4Proto-Indo-Europeanyek-to utter

Words derived from “gioco”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European yek- →