Where does “deplore” come from?

Deplore comes from Middle French déplorer, from Old French deplorer, from Latin deplorare, formed from the prefix de- and Latin de meaning "away."

deplore (English): To bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow...

Definitions

  1. To bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow...

Ancestry of “deplore”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchdéplorer—
2Old Frenchdeplorer—
3Latindēplōrāre—
4Latinplōrāre—
5Latinplōrōto cry out

Words derived from “deplore”

Every word from Latin plōrō →Every word from Latin plōrāre →Every word from Latin dēplōrāre →