Where does “joli” come from?

joli (Norman) comes from Old French joli, from Old French jolif, from Old French -if, from Latin -īvus, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

joli (Norman): pretty

Definitions

pretty

Ancestry of “joli”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old French	joli	pretty; cute
2	Old French	jolif	pretty; attractive
3	Old French	-if	-ive
4	Latin	-īvus	Adjective suffix
5	Proto-Indo-European	-iHwós	—
6	Proto-Indo-European	-wós	Creates adjectives from verb stems

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →Every word from Latin -īvus →Every word from Old French -if →