English
gargalesis
Gargalesis comes from Ancient Greek γαργαλίζω ‘tickle’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγαργαλίζωgargalízō‘tickle’
- Englishearliest quotation 1897gargalesis
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγαργαλίζωgargalízō‘tickle’
- Englishearliest quotation 1897gargalesis
Earliest quotation: 1897, G. Stanley Hall, The Psychology of Tickling, Laughing, and the Comic: “Pending a better nomenclature we suggest for the former…”
Every English word from Ancient Greek γαργαλίζω
Today it means
noun Heavy tickling often leading to laughter.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek γαργαλίζω / gargalesis