Where does “jonglare” come from?
jonglare (Romanian) comes from Romanian jongla, from French jongler, from Old French jogler, from Latin ioculari, from Latin ioculor, from Latin ioculus, from Latin iocus, from Proto-Italic jokos — to utter.
jonglare (Romanian): juggling
Definitions
- juggling
Ancestry of “jonglare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | jongla | to juggle |
| 2 | French | jongler | to juggle; to entertain; to think, to ponder |
| 3 | Old French | jogler | — |
| 4 | Latin | ioculari | present active infinitive of ioculor |
| 5 | Latin | ioculor | Alternative form of iocor; to jest, to make fun;... |
| 6 | Latin | ioculus | a little jest |
| 7 | Latin | iocus | a joke, jest; a form of amusement; pastime, sport |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | jokos | word, saying |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yokos | word, utterance |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yek- | to utter |