Where does “funny” come from?

Funny derives from Middle English -y, Middle French -ie, Latin -ia, Latin -ivus, Latin -ia, Proto-Indo-European -kos, and Proto-Indo-European -kos, tracing a suffix chain used to form adjectives.

funny (English): Amusing; humorous; comical; Strange or unusual,...

Definitions

  1. Amusing; humorous; comical; Strange or unusual,...

Ancestry of “funny”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-yAdded to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives...
2Middle English-yDesignates an adjective, in many cases formed by...
3Old English-iġ-y, -ic
4Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
5Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
6Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “funny

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos
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