English
Jolie
Jolie comes from French joli ‘pretty’, and goes back to Old French joli.
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400joli‘pretty, smart, joyful, merry’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600joly‘considerable, ingenious, agreeable, pretty’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentjoli‘pretty’
- EnglishtodayJolie
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400joli‘pretty, smart, joyful, merry’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600joly‘considerable, ingenious, agreeable, pretty’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentjoli‘pretty’
- EnglishtodayJolie
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *yek- ‘to speak’
through Latin iocus ‘a joke, jest’
Today it means
name A female given name from French.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old French joli / Jolie