Where does “drollist” come from?
drollist (English) comes from English droll, from French drôle, from Middle French drolle, from Old French drolle, from Middle Dutch drol, from Old Norse trǫll, from Proto-Germanic truzlą, from Proto-Indo-European dreh₂- — run; to run, escape.
drollist (English): A droll; a buffoon
Definitions
- A droll; a buffoon
Ancestry of “drollist”, step by step
drollist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English droll
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | droll | Oddly humorous; whimsical, amusing in a quaint... |
| 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 |
via English ist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ist | A practitioner or supporter of an ism |
| 2 | English | -ist | Added to words to form nouns denoting |
| 3 | Old French | -iste | — |
| 4 | Latin | -ista | -ist; one who practises or believes |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ιστής | Alternative form of -τής; -ist |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -tās | — |