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Where does “ioculus” come from?

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

ioculus (Latin): a little jest

Definitions

  1. a little jest

Ancestry of “ioculus”, 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 “ioculus”

  • jocular
  • jocularity
  • jocularly
  • jongleur
  • unjocular
  • jocularness
  • unjocularly
  • ioculator
  • ioculans
  • ioculatus
  • ioculaturus
  • ioculor
  • iocularis
  • ioculandus
  • ioculari
  • joglar
  • juglar
  • жонглёр
  • jongleur
  • jongler
  • jonglerie
  • jonglage
  • jonglieren
  • Jonglieren
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