Iove
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Iove (Jove) was originally known as Diuno and Diove from *Diovona. In some inscriptions Jupiter himself is called Iuuntus, and one of the epithets of Jupiter is Ioviste, a superlative form of iuuen- meaning "the youngest".
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“The name Juno was once popularly thought to be connected to Iove (Jove), originally as Diuno and Diove from *Diovona. Although this etymology still receives some support, a derivation was later proposed from iuven- (as in Latin iuvenis, "youth"), through a syncopated form iūn-”
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