Etymology

lachrymose

lach·ry·mose
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Today it means: Tearful, sorrowful, sad, pertaining to tears, weeping, causing tears or crying. Full definition →

Latin lachrymōsus, lacrimōsus ← Old Latin dacrima ← Proto-Indo-European *dakru-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*dakru-
  2. Old Latin · derived fromdacrima
  3. Latin · learned borrowing fromlachrymōsus, lacrimōsus
  4. English todaylachrymose

Learned borrowing from Latin lachrymōsus, lacrimōsus, from lachryma, lacrima (“tear”) + -osus (“-ful”), from Old Latin dacrima, from Proto-Indo-European *dakru-, cognate with English tear.

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