Etymograph

English

jokelang

Syllabic abbreviation of joke language.

Equivalent to joke + -lang

Proto-Indo-European *yek- ‘to speak’

Proto-Indo-European *yokos ‘word’

Proto-Italic *jokos ‘word’

Latin iocus ‘joke’

English joke

Today it means

noun A joke language; an absurd constructed language created to amuse others.

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

Etymograph / jokelang