Where does “perridiculus” come from?
perridiculus (Latin) comes from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
perridiculus (Latin): very ridiculous or hilarious
Definitions
- very ridiculous or hilarious
Ancestry of “perridiculus”, step by step
perridiculus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin per
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 2 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 3 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 4 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 5 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |
via Latin rīdiculus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | rīdiculus | (good, in the context of humor) laughable, funny, amusing, humorous |
| 2 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |