Etymograph

English

jokely

From joke + -ly.

Formed from joke + -ly

Proto-Indo-European *yek- ‘to speak’

Proto-Indo-European *yokos ‘word’

Proto-Italic *jokos ‘word’

Latin iocus ‘joke’

English joke

Today it means

adv jokingly

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

Etymograph / jokely