English

gagwriting

From gag + writing.

A compound of gag + writing

Middle English gaggen

English gag

Proto-Germanic *wrītaną ‘to scratch’

Proto-West Germanic *wrītan ‘to scratch’

Old English wrītan ‘to write’

Old English wrīting

Middle English writing

Today it means

noun The writing of jokes.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / gagwriting