humid-, humor- +

(Latin: moist, moisture, wet, damp)

The correct spelling of the Latin origins is umor, umere, umidus. The spelling with the initial h is a result of folk (false) etymology, which once associated these words with Latin humus, "earth".

Related "jest; joke; wit; humor; funny" word units: faceti-; farc-; jocu-; lud-; satir-.