The story
- Proto-Indo-European*leh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*léh₂mn̥tom
- Proto-Italic*lāmentom
- Latinlāmentum
- Latinlāmentor
- Latinlāmentātiō
- Middle Frenchlamentation
- Latinlāmentātiō
- Middle Englishlamentacioun
- English todaylamentation
Recorded since 1375, from Middle English lamentacioun, from Middle French lamentation and its etymon Latin lāmentātiō (“wailing, moaning, weeping”), from the deponent verb lāmentor, from lāmentum (“wail; wailing”), itself from a Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- (“to howl”), presumed ultimately imitative. Replaced Old English cwiþan. By surface analysis, lament + -ation.
Words from the same roots
Proto-Indo-European*leh₂- all →
lureloomloonlatibulum
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.