Etymology

gelogenic

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Today it means: Inducing or provoking laughter; laughable. Full definition →

Ancient Greek γέλως
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromγέλως“laughter”
  2. English todaygelogenic

From Ancient Greek γέλως (gélōs, “laughter”) + -genic.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekγέλως all →

gelotophobia

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.