myEtymology.com: Italian etymology of gioiello

Etymology of the Italian word gioiello

the Italian word gioiello

derived from the Old French word joel

derived from the Latin root *iocalis

derived from the Latin word iocus (joke, jest; sport)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *yek-

Catalan joyell, Dutch juweel, English jewel, French joyau, German Juwel, Norwegian juvel, Spanish joyel, Swedish juvel