Jupiter
c. 1200, "supreme deity of the ancient
Romans," from Latin Iupeter, from PIE *dyeu-peter- "god-father"
(originally vocative, "the name naturally occurring most frequently in
invocations" [Tucker]), from *deiw-os "god" (see Zeus) + peter
"father" in the sense of "male head of a household" (see
father). Cf. Greek Zeu pater, vocative of Zeus pater "Father Zeus;"
Sanskrit Dyauspita "heavenly father." The planet name is attested
from late 13c.http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=Jupiter
Zeus
supreme god
of the ancient Greeks, 1706, from Greek, from PIE *dewos- "god" (cf.
Latin deus "god," Old Persian daiva- "demon, evil god," Old
Church Slavonic deivai, Sanskrit deva-), from root *dyeu- "to gleam, to
shine;" also the root of words for "sky" and "day"
(see diurnal). The god-sense is originally "shining," but
"whether as originally sun-god or as lightener" is not now clear.
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