English
risorial
Risorial comes from Latin risorius ‘ridiculous, laughing, smiling’, and goes back to rīdeō.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErīdeō‘to laugh’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErīsor‘laugher, mocker’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErisorius‘ridiculous, laughing, smiling’
- Englishtodayrisorial
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErīdeō‘to laugh’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErīsor‘laugher, mocker’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErisorius‘ridiculous, laughing, smiling’
- Englishtodayrisorial
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *wert- ‘to turn, to rotate, spin’
university, version, word, worth, weird, conversation, universe, diversity, versus, diverse, verse, divorce, vertical, advertisement, versatile, convertible, advert, divert, adversity, revert, pervert, vortex, diversification, vertex, vertigo, avert, vert, verso, perversity, wurst, 72 more
through Latin rīdeō ‘to laugh’
Today it means
adj Pertaining to, or producing, laughter.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin rīdeō / risorial