Jocus = joke or jest. English 'joke' and 'jocular' come from that root.
Ludus = game, play, fun, entertainment - and in some way only a Roman could understand, ludus also means 'school'.
The 'fun-' in 'funambulus' comes from 'funis', a 3rd declension noun meaning 'rope, cable'.
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