jovial
French
adj
Definitions
- jovial, jolly
Etymology
Borrowed 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
- Jove English
- jovial English
- jovialist English
- jovially English
- jovialness English
- unjovial English
- ioviālis Latin
- jovialis Latin
- jovial German
- joviális Hungarian
- gioviale Italian
- giovialità Italian
- giovialmente Italian
- joviaal Dutch, Flemish
- jovial Spanish, Castilian
- *dyew- Proto-Indo-European
- jovial Norwegian Bokmål
- jovial Portuguese
- jowialny Polish
- jovial Norwegian Nynorsk
- žoviální Czech