laughter
Middle English
/ˈlau̯xtər/
noun
Definitions
- laughter; the production of laughs or snickers.
- An instance or bout of laughing or laughter.
- A humorous matter; something worthy of being derided.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English hleahtor (derision, jubilation, laughter) inherited from Proto-Germanic *hlahtraz (laughter).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hlahtraz
Gloss
laughter
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
笑
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- horselaughter English
- lack-laughter English
- laughter English
- laughterful English
- laughterless English
- laughtersome English
- prelaughter English
- underlaughter English
- *klek- Proto-Indo-European
- *hlahtraz Proto-Germanic
- hleahtor Old English
- hlátr Old Norse
- lahtar Old High German