Where does “raillery” come from?
Raillery comes from French raillerie, formed from Old French railler with the suffix -erie, ultimately from Latin ragere meaning to scrape or scratch.
raillery (English): Good-natured ridicule, jest or banter
Definitions
- Good-natured ridicule, jest or banter
Ancestry of “raillery”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | raillerie | mockery, ridicule |
| 2 | French | -erie | denoting a shop selling a certain product;... |
| 3 | Old French | -erie | used to form feminine nouns |
| 4 | Old French | -ie | indicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one |
| 5 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 6 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |