Iuno

(Roman, declension-3) Juno, queen of the gods, patron of rulers and childbirth, equivalent to the Greek Hera.
(New-Latin, declension-3) Juno, a Main Belt asteroid.

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈjuː.noː]

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dyew-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyuder.? Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder. Latin Iuno There are two hypotheses: * From Proto-Indo-European *dyúh₃onh₂-, *dyúh₃nh₂- (“having heavenly authority”), from *dyew- (“sky, heaven”) + *-Hō (“burden, authority”), rendering Iuvō, *Iūnis, normalized to Iūnō, Iūnōnis. See Ancient Greek Διώνη (Diṓnē, “Dione”); * From Proto-Indo-European *h₂yúh₃onh₂-, *h₂yúh₃nh₂- (“the young goddess”), from *h₂óyu (“long time, lifetime”) + *-Hō (“burden, authority”) also rendering *Iuvō, *Iūnis, normalized to Iūnō, Iūnōnis. See Latin iuvenis (“young”).