Where does “gozo” come from?

gozo (Old Spanish) 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.

gozo (Old Spanish): joy

Definitions

  1. joy

Ancestry of “gozo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latingaudiumjoy, delight
2Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
3Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
4Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
5Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “gozo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Latin -ium →Every word from Latin -ius →