Etymograph

English

jocosity

From jocose + -ity.

A compound of jocose + -ity

Proto-Indo-European *yek- ‘to speak’

Proto-Indo-European *yókos

Proto-Italic *jokos ‘utterance’

Latin iocus ‘jest, joke’

Latin iocōsus ‘humorous’

English jocose

Today it means

noun The state of being jocose.

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

Etymograph / jocosity