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joto, jota (3) m. & f. (Noun) (playing card) "joker," "jack;" "male homosexual" Of unknown origin. Consider also jote. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/.
joven (Noun) "youth" 13th cent. From Latin iuvenis 'id.' From Proto-Italic *juwen- 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *h₂i̯u̯-h₁en- "young," but more literally "one full of life's energy." From *h₁oi̯-u̯- "lifetime" (see evo). Also the origin of the surname Joven, sometimes indicating the person was under the age of 25. Indo-European Romance Asturian xoven, Portuguese jovem, Galician xove, Catalan jove, French jeune, Italian giovane, Aromanian gioni, Romanian june, Sardinian giovanu Celtic Old Irish óetiu "youth" Germanic Gothic jund- "youth," Old High German jugund 'id.,' Old Saxon juguth, Old English geogoð (English youth) Balto-Slavic Old Church Slavonic junъ "young," Lithuanian jáunas 'id.' Indo-Iranian Sanskrit yúvan- "youth," Young Avestan yuuānəm 'id.' Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008. Tibón, G. Diccionario etimológico comparado de los apellidos españoles, hispanoamericanos y filipinos. Editorial Diana: Mexico. 1988.
juego m. (Noun) "game" 12th cent. From Latin iocus "joke," "game." From Proto-Italic *joko- 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *i̯ok-o- "word." Indo-European Romance Asturian xuegu, Portuguese jogo, Galician xogo, Catalan joc, French jeu, Italian gioco, Aromanian gioc, Romanian joc, Sardinian giogu Italic Umbrian iuca "prayers," Paelignian iocatin "to command" Celtic Middle Irish icht "people," Middle Welsh ieith "language," Breton yezh 'id.' Germanic Old High German jiht "confession" Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
juez (Noun) "judge" 12th cent. Old Spanish júdez, júez. From Latin iudex "judge," but more literally "law-saying." From Proto-Italic *jows-diks 'id.' From *jowo- "law" (see jurar) and *diḱ- "saying" (see -ez). Competing feminine forms la juez / la jueza is from uncertainty due to the recent inclusion of women into the predominantly male profession. More recently, la juez has come to mean "female judge" while la jueza retains the older meaning of "judge's wife." The sense of a wife's judge is from a pre-21st cent. idea that only men could serve as judges. Also the origin of the surname Juez. Indo-European Romance Asturian xuez, Portuguese juiz, Galician xuíz, Catalan jutge, French juge, Italian giudice, Romanian jude, Sardinian giuge "The Latin compound iu-dex implies the notion of showing with authority... The whole history of Lat. dicere highlights a mechanism of authority: only the judge can dicere ius." ~ E. Benveniste, Indo-European Language and Society (1973) Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008. Tibón, G. Diccionario etimológico comparado de los apellidos españoles, hispanoamericanos y filipinos. Editorial Diana: Mexico. 1988.
jugar (Verb) "to play (a game)" 12th cent. From Vulgar Latin iocare 'id.,' from Latin iocari "to joke." Derived from the noun iocus "joke" (see juego). Indo-European Romance Asturian xugar, Portuguese jogar, Galician xogar, Catalan jugar, French jouer, Italian giocare, Aromanian gioc, Romanian juca, Sardinian giocae Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman. Online. Ed. by É. Buchi & W. Schweickard. 2018. http://www.atilf.fr/DERom. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
juicio m. (Noun) "judgement" 12th cent. From Latin iudicium 'id.,' from iudex "judge" (see juez). Indo-European Romance Asturian xuiciu, Portuguese juízo, Catalan judici, Italian giudicio, Aromanian giudets, Romanian județ, Sardinian giudísciu Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
julio (1) m. (Noun) "July" 13th cent. From Latin Iulius 'id.,' taken from the name of Julius Caesar in honor of his birth month. Iulius was not Julius Caesar's first name but his clan name. Of uncertain origin. According to Pokorny (1959), from an unattested Old Latin form *Iovilios "Jove's;" a clan name expressing special attention to the deity Jove. Indo-European Romance Portuguese julho, Galician xullo, Catalan juliol, French julliet, Italian luglio Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
julio (2) m. (Noun) "joule" 19th cent. Borrowed from English joule 'id.,' a unit of measurement of energy from the surname of a physicist, James Joule, who studied the nature of heat and the properties energy. Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Tibón, G. Diccionario etimológico comparado de los apellidos españoles, hispanoamericanos y filipinos. Editorial Diana: Mexico. 1988.
Julio (3) m. (Personal Name) "Julius" From Latin Iulius 'id.,' taken from the name of Julius Caesar. Iulius was not Julius Caesar's first name but his clan name. See julio (1) for a continuing etymology. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
junio m. (Noun) "June" Early 13th cent. From Latin Iunius "of June," named after the goddess Iuno "Juno" (see Juno). Indo-European Romance Asturian xunu, Galician xuño, Portuguese junho, Catalan juny, French juin, Romanian iunie