English

laughee

From laugh + -ee.

Formed from laugh + -ee

Proto-Indo-European *klek- ‘to laugh, cackle’

Proto-Germanic *hlahjaną ‘to laugh’

Proto-West Germanic *hlahhjan ‘to laugh’

Old English hliehhan ‘to laugh’

Middle English laughen

English laugh

Today it means

noun One who is laughed at.

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