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ENGLISH ROOT WORD: humor, humid "humor", "moisture" from Latin humere, umere, humor, umor, humidus, umidus

【humor, humid】 are a [English Root word(stem)] from the Latin word(s) "humere," "umere," "humor," "umor," "humidus," and "umidus."
It carries the basic meaning of "humor," "moisture," and "bodily fluid."



[English words in the top 5000 most frequently used containing the root "humor, humid"]

humor ☆[5056] something that is or is designed to be comical or amusing
humorous ***[3192] If someone or something is humorous, they are amusing, especially in a clever or witty way.
humour ***[2870] You can refer to the amusing things that people say as their humour.



[WORD ROOT]root humor
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] humor, humid, humour
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Latin) humere, umere, humor, umor, humidus, umidus
[MEANING]root humor, moisture, bodily fluid

【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ETYMOLOGY】

  • 【Latin】 humor [from humere] moisture
  • 【Latin】 umor [related to umere("be wet, moist")] body fluid
  • 【Latin】 humere be moist; bodily fluid
  • 【Latin】 umere [=humere] be wet, moist
  • 【Latin】 humidus [probably by influence of humus, from umere, humere] moist, wet
  • 【Latin】 umidus [=humidus] wet, moist



Please see the Word information in detail as follows;

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humor ☆[5056] noun from humor
【DEFINITION】 something that is or is designed to be comical or amusing
【pl.】 humors
【ROOTs】 humor; humor
【Etymology】 《Latin humor[from humere] moisture
【First Known Meaning】 fluid or juice of an animal or plant,
【DERIVATIVEs】 humor, humorously, humorousness, humorous

humorous ★★★[3192] adjective from humor
【DEFINITION】 If someone or something is humorous, they are amusing, especially in a clever or witty way.
【ROOTs】 humor; humor ous; adjective suffix
【Etymology】 《Latin humor[from humere] moisture
【DERIVATIVEs】 humor, humorously, humorousness, humorous



humour ★★★[2870] noun from humor
【DEFINITION】 You can refer to the amusing things that people say as their humour.
【pl.】 humours
【SYNONYM】 comedy
【ROOTs】 humour(humor); humor
【Etymology】 《Latin humor[from humere] moisture
【First Known Meaning】 fluid or juice of an animal or plant,
【DERIVATIVEs】 humorful, humorless, humorlessness, humourful, humourless, humourlessness, humour


Other words containing "humor, humid"; humid, humidity

(※ Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the theorized common ancestor of the Indo-European language family. Its proposed features have been derived by linguistic reconstruction from documented Indo-European languages.)

【OTHER ROOTs; 】

hum
how
host-, hospit
hope
honor
homin, human
hold
hol-, hal-, whole
histor
high

 

 

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