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Where does “Iuppiter” come from?

Iuppiter (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic djous patēr, from Proto-Italic *djous, from Proto-Indo-European dyḗws, from Proto-Indo-European dyéws, from Proto-Indo-European dyew- — to be bright; sky, heaven.

Iuppiter (Latin): Jupiter; father Jove; the Roman god Jove or...

Definitions

  1. Jupiter; father Jove; the Roman god Jove or...

Ancestry of “Iuppiter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicdjous patērJupiter
2Proto-Italic*djous—
3Proto-Indo-Europeandyḗwssky, heaven; sky god
4Proto-Indo-Europeandyéws—
5Proto-Indo-Europeandyew-to be bright; sky, heaven

Words derived from “Iuppiter”

  • Jupiter
  • Jove
  • jovial
  • jovially
  • Jovian
  • perijove
  • jovialness
  • jovicentric
  • cis-Jovian
  • trans-Jovian
  • jubarb
  • jovialist
  • protoJupiter
  • super-Jovian
  • super-Jupiter
  • Iove
  • Jovis
  • Iovis
  • Iovis dies
  • Veiovis
  • dies Jovis
  • dies Iovis
  • Jovis dies
  • Iovis (dies)
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