Etymology

humourous

H4U1M3O1U1R1O1U1S1
Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? ← English humour
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The story

  1. Englishhumour
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₃édosder.?
  4. English todayhumourous

From humour + -ous.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.