The word "幽默感" is formed by combining "幽默", meaning "humor", with "感", meaning "sense" or "feeling". "幽默" itself is a phonetic and semantic borrowing from the English word "humor", adapted through Japanese, where "幽" suggests subtlety and "默" implies silence, together conveying a nuanced concept of humor. Adding "感" creates a compound noun that literally translates to "sense of humor", where "感" functions as a suffix denoting a perceptual or emotional capacity.