Where does “ludicrous” come from?

Ludicrous comes from Latin lūdicrus, from Latin lūdō, from Latin lūdus meaning play or sport.

ludicrous (English): Idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of...

Definitions

  1. Idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of...

Ancestry of “ludicrous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlūdicrus

Words derived from “ludicrous

Every word from Latin lūdicrus