Where does “giu” come from?

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

giu (Old French): game; Jew

Definitions

  1. game; Jew

Ancestry of “giu”, step by step

giu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin iocus

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

via Latin jocus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinjocusAlternative spelling of iocus; joke, jest
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yek- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European yokos →Every word from Proto-Italic jokos →
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