Where does “lamenteren” come from?

lamenteren (Dutch) comes from French lamenter, from Latin lamento, from Latin lāmentum, from Proto-Italic lāmentom, from Proto-Indo-European leh₂- — to bark, howl; to be concealed.

lamenteren (Dutch): to lament, to whine

Definitions

  1. to lament, to whine

Ancestry of “lamenteren”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlamenterto lament; to bewail; to bemoan
2LatinlamentoI lament, bewail
3Latinlāmentumwailing, moaning, weeping, crying, shrieking
4Proto-Italiclāmentom—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleh₂-to bark, howl; to be concealed
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leh₂- →