jo

Betekenis (Engels)

Darling, sweetheart.

Sinonieme

darling

Joe

sweetheart

sweetie

Johannes

mavourneen

Joannes

sugar-plum

acushla

baby

👶

cariad

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/d͡ʒoː/

Etimologie (Engels)

From Scots jo (“joy”), from Middle English joye, from Old French joie, from Late Latin gaudia, neuter plural (mistaken as feminine singular) of Latin gaudium (“joy”), from gaudēre (“to be glad, rejoice”). Doublet of joy and gaudy (“Oxford college reunion”).