Etymograph

English

jokeproof

From joke + -proof.

Formed from joke + -proof

Proto-Indo-European *yek- ‘to speak’

Proto-Indo-European *yokos ‘word’

Proto-Italic *jokos ‘word’

Latin iocus ‘joke’

English joke

Today it means

adj Unable or unwilling to understand a joke; humorless.

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

Etymograph / jokeproof