Where does “humorist” come from?
Humorist derives from English humor plus the suffix -ist, from Latin -ista, Ancient Greek -ιστής, and Latin -or, ultimately rooted in Proto-Indo-European wegʰ- and dʰéǵʰōm.
humorist (English): Someone who believes that health and temperament...
Definitions
- Someone who believes that health and temperament...
Ancestry of “humorist”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | humor | US spelling of humour |
| 2 | German | Humor | humor (something funny) |
| 3 | Latin | humor | liquid, fluid, humour; first-person singular... |
| 4 | Latin | umor | liquid, fluid, humour; moisture |
| 5 | Latin | -or | used to form a third-declension masculine... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ōs | Creates masculine action nouns or result nouns... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōs | Creates masculine and feminine action nouns or... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -oss | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |