English

jestmonger

From jest + monger.

A compound of jest + monger

Latin gesta ‘acts, deeds’

Old French geste ‘acts, exploits’

Middle English geste ‘idle tale’

English jest

Latin mangō ‘dealer, trader’

Proto-West Germanic *mangārī ‘dealer, merchant, monger’

Old English mangere ‘dealer, merchant, trader’

Middle English mongere ‘dealer, merchant, trader’

Today it means

noun One who tells jests; a joker.

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

Etymograph / jestmonger