- mirth
[mirth 词源字典]
- mirth: see merry
[mirth etymology, mirth origin, 英语词源] - mirth (n.)
- Old English myrgð "joy, pleasure," from Proto-Germanic *murgitha (cognates: Middle Dutch merchte), noun of quality from *murgjo- (see merry; also see -th (2)). Mirthquake "entertainment that excites convulsive laughter" first attested 1928, in reference to Harold Lloyd movies.