Etymology

humourless

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Proto-Germanic *lausaz ← Proto-Indo-European *lewHs- ← English humour
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The story

  1. Englishhumour
  2. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  4. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  5. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  6. English todayhumourless

From humour + -less.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.