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Where does “dolente” come from?

dolente (English) comes from Italian dolente, from Italian dolere, from Latin dolēre, from Latin doleō, from Proto-Italic doleō, from Proto-Indo-European dolh₁éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European delh₁- — to split, divide.

dolente (English): Sorrowfully, as if the player were mourning

Definitions

  1. Sorrowfully, as if the player were mourning

Ancestry of “dolente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiandolentesore, painful; sorrowful, doleful; present...
2Italiandolereto ache; to lament; to grieve
3Latindolēre—
4Latindoleō—
5Proto-Italicdoleōhurt, cause pain
6Proto-Indo-Europeandolh₁éyetidivide
7Proto-Indo-Europeandelh₁-to split, divide
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