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Where does “joc” come from?

joc (Romanian) comes from Latin jocus, from Proto-Italic jokos, from Proto-Indo-European yokos, from Proto-Indo-European yek- — to utter.

joc (Romanian): game, play; first-person singular present...

Definitions

  1. game, play; first-person singular present...

Ancestry of “joc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinjocusAlternative spelling of iocus; joke, jest
2Proto-Italicjokosword, saying
3Proto-Indo-Europeanyokosword, utterance
4Proto-Indo-Europeanyek-to utter

Words derived from “joc”

  • batjocori
  • batjocură
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yek- →