Masculine
iocus
Meaning
- (declension-2, masculine) a joke, jest
- (declension-2, masculine) a form of amusement
- (declension-2, masculine) pastime, sport
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Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈjɔ.kʊs]
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *jokos, from Proto-Indo-European *yek- (“to speak”). Compare Old High German jehan, Welsh iaith, Breton yezh. Possibly cognate with English Yule, Danish Jule, Norwegian Bokmål Jul, Swedish Jul, and Norwegian Nynorsk jol.
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