Where does “joi” come from?
joi (Old Occitan) comes from Latin gaudium, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
joi (Old Occitan): joy; elation, etc
Ancestry of “joi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | gaudium | joy, delight |
| 2 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 3 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |