jupiter

jupiter · noun¹

Decapitalization, from planet Jupiter. From being a planet like Jupiter.

Jupiter · proper noun, noun, interjection²

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*dyḗws
2. Proto-Italic · derived from*djous patēr
3. Latin · derived fromIūpiter“father Jove”
4. English todayJupiter

From Latin Iūpiter (“father Jove”), from Proto-Italic *djous patēr (literally “sky father”) (cognate with Ancient Greek Ζεῦ πάτερ (Zeû páter, “father Zeus”)), from *djous (“day, sky”) + *patēr (“father”), from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws (literally “the bright one”), from *dyew- (“to be bright, day sky”), and *ph₂tḗr (“father”). Doublet of Dyaus Pita.

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