Juno
/ˈd͡ʒunoʊ/ proper noun
- proper noun (Roman mythology) The queen of the gods, the equivalent of the Greek goddess Hera.
- proper noun (astronomy) 3 Juno, the third asteroid discovered.
- proper noun (rare) A female given name.
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Etymology
From Middle English Juno, from Latin Iūnō of uncertain origin. One hypothesis is derivation from Proto-Indo-European *dyúh₃onh₂- (“she of heavenly authority”), from *dyew- (“sky, heaven”) + *-Hō (“burden, authority”), reflecting her role as goddess of rulers. Another is derivation from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yúh₃onh₂- (“the young goddess”), from *h₂eyu- (“long time, lifetime”) + *-Hō (“burden, authority”), making it cognate with Latin iuvenis (“young”). Both would have produced the unattested early Latin form *Iuvō, declined with the root Iūn- and eventually normalized to Iūnō.
Webster’s 1913
- noun The sister and wife of Jupiter, the queen of heaven, and the goddess who presided over marriage. She corresponds to the Greek Hera.
- noun One of the early discovered asteroids. Bird of June, the peacock.
- noun The sister and wife of Jupiter, the queen of heaven, and the goddess who presided over marriage. She corresponds to the Greek Hera.
- noun One of the early discovered asteroids.
Etymology [L.]
Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “Juno”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details