Where does “drollery” come from?
Drollery comes from French drôlerie, from French drôle, from Middle French drolle, from Latin -arius, from Middle Dutch drol, from Old Norse troll, from Proto-Germanic truzlą, from Proto-Indo-European derǝ-.
drollery (English): Comical quality; Amusing behavior; Something...
Definitions
- Comical quality; Amusing behavior; Something...
Ancestry of “drollery”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | drôlerie | comical quality; a joke |
| 2 | French | drôle | funny, amusing; strange, weird, bizarre |
| 3 | Middle French | drolle | funny; amusing; joker |
| 4 | Old French | drolle | one who lives luxuriously; joker |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | drol | fat little man, goblin |
| 6 | Old Norse | trǫll | witch, mage, conjurer |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | truzlą | a supernatural being; demon; fiend; giant;... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dreh₂- | run; to run, escape |