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
- Sorrow, grief, misery or anguish; A unit of pain...
Ancestry of “dolor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | dolour | — |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | dolour | Late Anglo-Norman spelling of dulur |
| 3 | Latin | dolor | pain, ache, hurt; anguish, grief, sorrow;... |
| 4 | Latin | -or | used to form a third-declension masculine... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ōs | Creates masculine action nouns or result nouns... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōs | Creates masculine and feminine action nouns or... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -oss | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |