Etymology

lacrimogenous

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Today it means: causing the production of tears Full definition →

Latin lacrima
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromlacrima“tear”
  2. English todaylacrimogenous

From Latin lacrima (“tear”) + -genous.

Words from the same roots

Latinlacrima all →

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