Etymology

laughable

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Today it means: Fitted to excite laughter; humorous. Full definition →

English laugh ← Middle English laughen, laghen ← Old English hlæhhan
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*klek-
  2. Proto-Germanic*hlahjaną
  3. Proto-West Germanic*hlahhjan
  4. Old Englishhliehhan
  5. Old Englishhlæhhan
  6. Middle Englishlaughen, laghen
  7. Englishlaugh
  8. English todaylaughable

From laugh + -able.

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