Etymograph

English

laughterless

From laughter + -less.

A compound of laughter + -less

Proto-Indo-European *klek-

Proto-Germanic *hlahtraz

Old English hleahtor ‘laughter, jubilation, derision’

Middle English laughter ‘Laughing’

English laughter

Today it means

adj Not laughing; without laughter.

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

Etymograph / laughterless