English
jovially
From jovial + -ly (suffix forming adverbs from adjectives).
Formed from jovial + -ly
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
The story
Jovial is borrowed from French jovial (‘jolly, jovial’), from Italian gioviale (‘jolly, jovial; (obsolete) born under the influence of the planet Jupiter’), from Latin ioviālis (‘relating to the Roman god Jupiter’), from Iuppiter, Iovis (‘the Roman god Jove or Jupiter, counterpart of the Greek god Zeus’) (from Proto-Indo-European *dyew- (‘to be bright; heaven, sky’)) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship).
Today it means
adv Under the astrological influence of the planet Jupiter.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / jovially