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Where does “humourous” come from?

Humourous derives from English humour, from French humeur, from Latin umor meaning "moisture," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European wegʷ- and dʰǵʰomós.

humourous (English): Alternative spelling of humorous

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of humorous

Ancestry of “humourous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhumourThe quality of being amusing, comical, funny; A...
2Middle EnglishhumourA "cardinal humour"; A bodily liquid or substance...
3Old Frenchhumorhumor
4Latinhumorliquid, fluid, humour; first-person singular...
5Latinumorliquid, fluid, humour; moisture
6Latin-orused to form a third-declension masculine...
7Proto-Italic-ōsCreates masculine action nouns or result nouns...
8Proto-Indo-European-ōsCreates masculine and feminine action nouns or...
9Proto-Indo-European-oss—
10Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

Words derived from “humourous”

  • humourously
  • humourousness
  • unhumourous
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