Where does “nonhumorous” come from?
nonhumorous (English) comes from English humorous, from English humor, from German Humor, from Latin humor, from Latin umor, from Latin -or, from Proto-Italic -ōs, from Proto-Indo-European -ōs — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
nonhumorous (English): Not humorous
Ancestry of “nonhumorous”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | humorous | Full of humor or arousing laughter; funny;... |
| 2 | English | humor | US spelling of humour |
| 3 | German | Humor | humor |
| 4 | Latin | humor | liquid, fluid, humour; first-person singular... |
| 5 | Latin | umor | liquid, fluid, humour; moisture |
| 6 | Latin | -or | used to form a third-declension masculine... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -ōs | Creates masculine action nouns or result nouns... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōs | Creates masculine and feminine action nouns or... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -oss | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |