The story
- Latin · derived fromdēplōrāre“to lament over, bewail”
- Old French · derived fromdeplorer
- Middle French · derived fromdéplorer
- English todaydeplore
From Middle French déplorer, from Old French deplorer, from Latin dēplōrāre (“to lament over, bewail”), from dē- + plōrāre (“to wail, weep aloud”); origin uncertain.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.