joss
English
/dʒɒs/
noun
Definitions
- (countable) A Chinese household divinity; a Chinese idol.
- (countable) A heathen divinity.
- (uncountable) Luck.
Etymology
Borrowed from Chinese Pidgin English joss (god) derived from Portuguese deus (god) derived from Latin deus (god, deity) derived from Proto-Indo-European *deywós (god, the celestial one, deity, shine, god that which belongs to heaven).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*deywós
Gloss
god, the celestial one, deity, shine, god that which belongs to heaven
Concept
Semantic Field
Religion and belief
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
神
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Dis English
- deiparous English
- Deus Latin
- Diana Latin
- deificatio Latin
- deifico Latin
- deificus Latin
- deificāre Latin
- deiformis Latin
- deus Latin
- dives Latin
- edepol Latin
- -ismus German
- Deismus German
- dio Italian
- déisme French
- dios Spanish, Castilian
- Θεοτόκος Ancient Greek
- παν- Ancient Greek
- *deywós Proto-Indo-European
- *dyew- Proto-Indo-European
- antideus Portuguese
- deus Portuguese
- semideus Portuguese
- *Tīwaz Proto-Germanic
- देव Sanskrit
- deu Old French
- dous Old French
- zeu Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- zo te cuște Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- zău Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- deité Middle French
- deus Old Portuguese
- *dēwos Proto-Celtic
- *daywás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *deiwos Proto-Italic
- *deiwā Proto-Italic
- dieu Romansh
- dios Asturian
- diu Friulian
- deu Old Occitan
- dios Old Spanish
- deu Sicilian
- diu Sicilian
- *deiwas Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Dyo Ladino
- דיו Ladino
- dei Bourguignon
- deo Istriot
- diu Corsican
- deivos Old Latin
- diu Picard
- joss Chinese Pidgin English
- joss-house Chinese Pidgin English
- joss-pidgin-man Chinese Pidgin English
- 𒋾𒉿𒊍 Luwian
- 𐌃𐌄𐌉𐌅𐌏𐌔 Venetic