jovial
German (Berlin)
/joˈviaːl/
adjective
Definitions
- jovial
Etymology
Borrowed from French jovial (jovial, jolly) derived from Italian gioviale (born under the influence of the planet Jupiter, jolly, jovial) derived from Latin ioviālis (of Jupiter, relating to the Roman god Jupiter).
Origin
Latin
ioviālis
Gloss
of Jupiter, relating to the Roman god Jupiter
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- jovial English
- ioviālis Latin
- jovialis Latin
- joviális Hungarian
- gioviale Italian
- giovialità Italian
- giovialmente Italian
- joviaal Dutch, Flemish
- jovial French
- jovial Spanish, Castilian
- *dyew- Proto-Indo-European
- jovial Norwegian Bokmål
- jovial Portuguese
- jowialność Polish
- jowialny Polish
- jovial Norwegian Nynorsk
- žoviální Czech