Where does “xugadore” come from?

xugadore (Venetian) comes from Venetian xugo, from Latin jocus, from Proto-Italic jokos, from Proto-Indo-European yokos, from Proto-Indo-European yek- — to utter.

xugadore (Venetian): player

Definitions

  1. player

Ancestry of “xugadore”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Venetianxugogame
2LatinjocusAlternative spelling of iocus; joke, jest
3Proto-Italicjokosword, saying
4Proto-Indo-Europeanyokosword, utterance
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyek-to utter
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yek- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European yokos →Every word from Proto-Italic jokos →