Where does “lament” come from?
Lament comes from French lamenter, from Latin lamento, from Latin lamentum, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European leh₂-.
lament (English): An expression of grief, suffering, sadness or...
Definitions
- An expression of grief, suffering, sadness or...
Ancestry of “lament”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lamentation | The act of lamenting; A sorrowful cry; a lament;... |
| 2 | Latin | lamentatio | lamentation, wailing, weeping, moaning |
| 3 | Latin | lamentor | I lament; I bewail |
| 4 | Latin | lamentum | wailing, moaning, weeping; lamentation, lament |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | lāmentom | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leh₂- | to bark, howl; to be concealed |