Where does “irrisible” come from?
irrisible (English) comes from Latin irrisibilis, from Latin irrīdeō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
irrisible (English): Not risible
Definitions
- Not risible
Ancestry of “irrisible”, step by step
irrisible traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin irrisibilis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | irrisibilis | laughable, ridiculous |
| 2 | Latin | irrīdeō | to laugh at, mock, make fun of, ridicule; joke, jeer |
| 3 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 4 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 5 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English risible
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | risible | Of or pertaining to laughter; Provoking laughter;... |
| 2 | Latin | rīsibilis | ridiculous, laughable, risible, ludicrous |
| 3 | Latin | -bilis | -ble |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -ðlis | Forms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlis | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlom | Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;... |