Etymology

belaugh

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Today it means: To laugh about; laugh over; laugh at. Full definition →

Middle English belahhen ← Old English behlehhan
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited frombehlehhan
  2. Middle English · inherited frombelahhen
  3. English todaybelaugh

From Middle English belahhen, beliȝen, from Old English behlehhan, behliehhan (“to deride, exult over”), equivalent to be- + laugh. Cognate with German belachen (“to laugh at”).

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