English
jovialize
From jovial + -ize (“to make”).
Formed from jovial + -ize ‘to make’
Proto-Indo-European *dyew- ‘to be bright’
Late Latin Iuppiter ‘the Roman god Jove or Jupiter, counterpart of…’
Late Latin Ioviālis ‘relating to the Roman god Jupiter’
Italian gioviale ‘born under the influence of the planet Jupiter’
Middle French jovial ‘under the influence of Jupiter’
English jovial
Today it means
verb To make jovial.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / jovialize