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Where does “dolor” come from?

Dolor comes from Middle English dolour, from Anglo-Norman dolour, meaning sorrow or grief.

dolor (English): Sorrow, grief, misery or anguish; A unit of pain...

Definitions

  1. Sorrow, grief, misery or anguish; A unit of pain...

Ancestry of “dolor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishdolour—
2Anglo-NormandolourLate Anglo-Norman spelling of dulur
3Latindolorpain, ache, hurt; anguish, grief, sorrow;...
4Latin-orused to form a third-declension masculine...
5Proto-Italic-ōsCreates masculine action nouns or result nouns...
6Proto-Indo-European-ōsCreates masculine and feminine action nouns or...
7Proto-Indo-European-oss—
8Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
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