Etymology

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Today it means: A person who studies humour and laughter Full definition →

Latin zelus
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  1. Latin · derived fromzelus“laughter”
  2. English todaygelotologist

From Latin zelus (“laughter”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.