Where does “humorous” come from?
Humorous comes from Middle English humorous, meaning having the qualities of humor or wit.
humorous (English): Full of humor or arousing laughter; funny;...
Definitions
- Full of humor or arousing laughter; funny;...
Ancestry of “humorous”, step by step
humorous traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English humor
| 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;... |
via Middle English humorous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | humorous | — |