Where does “farcical” come from?
Farcical comes from English farce plus the English suffix -ic, derived from French -ique, from Latin -icus, from Proto-Indo-European -kos.
farcical (English): Resembling a farce; ludicrous; absurd
Definitions
- Resembling a farce; ludicrous; absurd
Ancestry of “farcical”, step by step
farcical traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English farce
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | farce | A style of humor marked by broad improbabilities... |
| 2 | Middle French | farce | comic interlude in a mystery play |
| 3 | Old French | farse | — |
| 4 | Old French | farsir | — |
| 5 | Latin | farcio | I cram, stuff |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | farkjō | to stuff |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰrekʷ- | to condense; to crowd together |