implore

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*pleh₃(w)-“to flow; to swim”
2. Latin · borrowed fromimplōrāre
3. Middle French · borrowed fromimplorer
4. English todayimplore

PIE word *h₁én The verb is borrowed from Middle French implorer (modern French implorer (“to beg, plead, implore”)), or directly from its etymon Latin implōrāre, the present active infinitive of implōrō (“to beseech, entreat, implore; to appeal to, pray to”), from im- (a variant of in- (intensifying prefix)) + plōrō (“to cry out; to complain, deplore, lament”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₃(w)- (“to flow; to swim”)). The noun is derived from the verb.