英语词汇jovial的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

jovial. Jovial derives from the Latin jovialis, of or pertaining to Jupiter or Jove, the Romans’ highest deity. In its sense of a hearty, merry person, qualities the planet Jupiter was said to impart, jovial is said to have been coined or first used by British author Gabriel Harvey in about 1590. At least Thomas Nash claimed that Harvey invented the word, along with conscious, extensively, idiom, notoriety, and rascality—all of which Nash abhorred and said would not last. There are, in fact, no earlier citations for any of these words than the year Nash cites.

词汇	jovial
词源	jovial. Jovial derives from the Latin jovialis, of or pertaining to Jupiter or Jove, the Romans’ highest deity. In its sense of a hearty, merry person, qualities the planet Jupiter was said to impart, jovial is said to have been coined or first used by British author Gabriel Harvey in about 1590. At least Thomas Nash claimed that Harvey invented the word, along with conscious, extensively, idiom, notoriety, and rascality—all of which Nash abhorred and said would not last. There are, in fact, no earlier citations for any of these words than the year Nash cites.
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