Where does “lachrymiform” come from?
lachrymiform (English) comes from Latin lācrima, from Old Latin dacrima, from Proto-Italic *d(r)(k)akrunā, from Proto-Indo-European dáḱru-, from Proto-Indo-European dr̥ḱ-h₂eḱru- — eye bitter.
lachrymiform (English): Shaped like a teardrop
Ancestry of “lachrymiform”, step by step