Where does “juego” come from?

juego (Spanish) comes from Latin iocus, from Proto-Italic jokos, from Proto-Indo-European yokos, from Proto-Indo-European yek- — to utter.

juego (Spanish): play; game; sport; gaming

Definitions

  1. play; game; sport; gaming

Ancestry of “juego”, step by step

juego 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

Words derived from “juego”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European yek- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European yokos →Every word from Proto-Italic jokos →