English
jocose
Jocose comes from Latin iocōsus ‘humorous’, from iocus ‘jest, joke’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yek- ‘to speak’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*yek-‘to speak’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*yókosreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*jokos‘utterance’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiocus‘jest, joke’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEiocōsus‘humorous’
- Englishearliest quotation 1659jocose
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*yek-‘to speak’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*yókosreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*jokos‘utterance’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiocus‘jest, joke’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEiocōsus‘humorous’
- Englishearliest quotation 1659jocose
Earliest quotation: 1659, John Gauden, Sighs: “Adde to this diſsipated and diſtracted ſtate of Miniſters,…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *yek- ‘to speak’
through Latin iocus ‘jest, joke’
Today it means
adj given to jesting; habitually jolly
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *yek- / jocose