IOCUM → juego · jeu · gioco

A Latin joke became the game. Its initial j hardened in every sister — to Spanish j (now a throaty x), French, Portuguese, Romanian and Catalan j and Italian gi — and the short o broke apart as it does in fuego, feu and fuoco, but stayed whole in jogo and joc.

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‘game (Latin: joke, jest)’

ItalianStep 1 of 4

Classical Latin accusative; it meant 'joke, jest'

SpanishStep 1 of 5

Classical Latin accusative; it meant 'joke, jest'

FrenchStep 1 of 4

Classical Latin accusative; it meant 'joke, jest'

PortugueseStep 1 of 4

Classical Latin accusative; it meant 'joke, jest'

RomanianStep 1 of 3

Classical Latin accusative; it meant 'joke, jest'

CatalanStep 1 of 4

Classical Latin accusative; it meant 'joke, jest'

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A Latin joke became the game. Its initial j hardened in every sister — to Spanish j (now a throaty x), French, Portuguese, Romanian and Catalan j and Italian gi — and the short o broke apart as it does in fuego, feu and fuoco, but stayed whole in jogo and joc.

Forms are written in IPA, the International Phonetic Alphabet: one symbol, one sound. Stressed syllables carry ˈ. Dates are approximate and given only where the handbooks agree. 24 word journeys.