humour
/hˈjuːmə/HYOO-mur
/hˈjumɚ/HYOO-mur
Meaninga body fluid
Common meaning: the quality of being funny
Other meanings: once a bodily fluid
- hummoisture, fluidLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1928 · scan
- ournoun or verb ending (French -our)
Journey through time
- Aryan root · reconstructed√WAG or UG‘wet, to be moist’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 337, p. 742 · scan
- Latinūmor, -ōris‘moisture, fluid’
- Englishmeaning shiftsmoisture, fluid → the quality of being funnyhumour‘the quality of being funny’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Latin ūmor ‘moisture, fluid’.
Roots
- ūmor, -ōris Latin “moisture, fluid”
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