English
laughless
From laugh + -less.
Formed from laugh + -less
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
adj Devoid of laughs.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / laughless