English
facetiousness
From facetious + -ness.
A compound of facetious + -ness
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰweh₂k- ‘to shine’
Latin facētus ‘witty, jocose, facetious’
Latin facētia ‘jest, wit, humor’
French facétieux
English facetious
Today it means
noun The state of being facetious
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / facetiousness