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Where does “humor” come from?

Humor comes from Latin humor, derived from the Latin suffix -or added to a root ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm and wegʰ-, with the suffix -ós.

humor (English): US spelling of humour

Definitions

  1. US spelling of humour

Ancestry of “humor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanHumorhumor
2Latinhumorliquid, fluid, humour; first-person singular...
3Latinumorliquid, fluid, humour; moisture
4Latin-orused to form a third-declension masculine...
5Proto-Italic-ōsCreates masculine action nouns or result nouns...
6Proto-Indo-European-ōsCreates masculine and feminine action nouns or...
7Proto-Indo-European-oss—
8Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

Words derived from “humor”

  • humorist
  • humorless
  • humoristic
  • humorlessly
  • humorlessness
  • humorsome
  • humoristically
  • humorism
  • humorize
  • humorful
  • neurohumor
  • outhumor
  • dishumor
  • humorise
  • humorsomely
  • humorsomeness
  • humor
  • humor
  • хумор
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