The story
- Latin · derived fromrīsus“laughter”
- Late Latin · borrowed fromrīsibilis
- Middle French · borrowed fromrisible
- English todayrisible
From Middle French risible and directly from Late Latin rīsibilis, from Latin rīsus (“laughter”) + -ibilis, from the perfect passive participle of rīdeō (“laugh”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.