Said something humorous or funny, either to make people laugh or not seriously.
From Latin 'iocus' (jest or prank), passing through Old French. The modern sense of making a humorous remark crystallized in English around the 1600s.
The word 'joke' is actually a Latinate word that means 'prank' or 'jest,' but we never say we 'pranked' someone in the same way—English chose the fancier Latin-derived term over the Germanic alternative.
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