Where does “iulius” come from?
iulius (Middle English) comes from Anglo-Norman julie, from Old French jule, from Latin Iūlius, from Latin iuppiter, from Proto-Italic djous patēr, from Proto-Italic *djous, from Proto-Indo-European dyḗws, from Proto-Indo-European dyéws — to be bright; sky, heaven.
Ancestry of “iulius”, step by step
iulius traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Anglo-Norman julie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anglo-Norman | julie | — |
| 2 | Old French | jule | — |
| 3 | Latin | Iūlius | Of the gens Julia, a patrician Roman family |
| 4 | Latin | iuppiter | Jupiter god of the sky and ruler of the Roman pantheon |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | djous patēr | Jupiter |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *djous | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dyḗws | sky, heaven; sky god |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dyéws | sky, heaven |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |
via Old French julie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | julie | — |