jovially

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*dyew-“to be bright; heaven, sky”
2. Latin · derived fromioviālis“relating to the Roman god Jupiter”
3. Italian · derived fromgioviale“jolly, jovial; (obsolete) born under the influence of the planet Jupiter”
4. French · derived fromjovial“jolly, jovial”
5. English todayjovially

From jovial + -ly (suffix forming adverbs from adjectives). 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).

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