- joss
[joss 词源字典]
- joss: see deity
[joss etymology, joss origin, 英语词源] - joss (n.)
- "Chinese figure of a deity," 1711, from Chinese Pidgin English, from Javanese dejos, taken 16c. from Portuguese deus "god," from Latin deus (see Zeus). Colloquially, it came to mean "luck." Joss stick "Chinese incense" first recorded 1883.