Where does “rigoler” come from?

rigoler (French) comes from Old French galer, from Old French galle, from Latin galla, from Gaulish gallā, from Proto-Germanic gallǭ, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- — to flourish; green, yellow.

rigoler (French): To laugh, especially laugh out loud; To joke, to...

Definitions

  1. To laugh, especially laugh out loud; To joke, to...

Ancestry of “rigoler”, step by step

rigoler traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French galer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchgalerto rub; to scratch; to have fun; to enjoy oneself
2Old Frenchgalle—
3Latingallathe oak apple, gall-nut; a harsh, sour kind of...
4Gaulishgallāvessel
5Proto-Germanicgallǭgall, bile
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰelh₃-to flourish; green, yellow

via French rire

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchrireto laugh; laugh
2Middle Frenchrireto laugh
3Old Frenchrireto laugh
4Late Latinrīdo—
5Latinrīdeōto laugh

Words derived from “rigoler”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gallǭ →Every word from Gaulish gallā →