Etymograph

English

giocoso

Giocoso comes from Italian giocoso ‘playful’, from Latin iocōsus ‘funny, full of jesting, jocose, humorous,…’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yek- ‘to speak’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*yek-‘to speak’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*yókosreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*jokos‘utterance’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiocus‘jest, joke’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEiocōsus‘funny, full of jesting, jocose, humorous, jokey, light-hearted’
  6. Italianc. 1300–presentgiocoso‘playful’
  7. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*yek-‘to speak’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*yókosreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*jokos‘utterance’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiocus‘jest, joke’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEiocōsus‘funny, full of jesting, jocose, humorous, jokey, light-hearted’
  6. Italianc. 1300–presentgiocoso‘playful’
  7. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *yek- ‘to speak’

jocular, 2 more

through Latin iocus ‘jest, joke’

joke, hoax, jogger, 2 more

Today it means

adj Merry; playful.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *yek- / giocoso

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