droll · adjective, noun, verb1
- Proto-Germanic · derived from*truzlą
- Old Norse · derived fromtroll
- Middle Dutch · derived fromdrol“fat little man, goblin”
- Old French · derived fromdrolle“one who lives luxuriously”
- Middle French · derived fromdrolle“a merry fellow, pleasant rascal”
- French · derived fromdrôle“comical, odd, funny”
- English todaydroll
From French drôle (“comical, odd, funny”), from drôle (“buffoon”) from Middle French drolle (“a merry fellow, pleasant rascal”) from Old French drolle (“one who lives luxuriously”), from Middle Dutch drol (“fat little man, goblin”), itself from Old Norse troll, from Proto-Germanic *truzlą. Doublet of drôle and troll.
Droll · proper noun2
- German · borrowed fromDroll
- English todayDroll
Borrowed from German Droll.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.