humor
Old French
noun
Definitions
- humor one of four fluids that were believed to control the health and mood of the human body
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin hūmōrem, hūmor, humor (fluid, humour).
Origin
Latin
hūmōrem, hūmor, humor
Gloss
fluid, humour
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- dishumor English
- humor English
- humorful English
- humorise English
- humorism English
- humorist English
- humorize English
- humorless English
- humorous English
- humorsome English
- humour English
- neurohumor English
- outhumor English
- huumori Finnish
- (h)ūmor, humor Latin
- humor Latin
- hūmor Latin
- hūmōrem, hūmor, humor Latin
- Humor German
- humor Hungarian
- humor Dutch, Flemish
- humeur French
- humor Spanish, Castilian
- humor Norwegian Bokmål
- humor Swedish
- humör Swedish
- humor Norwegian Nynorsk
- humour Middle English
- humør Danish
- humor Serbo-Croatian
- humor Catalan, Valencian
- humuere Middle Dutch
- הומאָר Yiddish
- umor Old Portuguese
- humor Asturian
- humors Latgalian