iuvo

Etymology
From older (> iuvāre), apparently a simple thematic verb, to which iuvāre may originally be an iterative.

Maybe cognate with 🇨🇬 (middle voice, meaning developed from "to help oneself"), in which case it is reconstructable as, from root.

Verb

 * 1) to help, aid; save
 * (Virgil, Aeneid)
 * 1) to delight, gratify, please
 * (Virgil, Aeneid)
 * 1) to delight, gratify, please