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Where does “lamenting” come from?

Lamenting comes from English lament, from French lamenter, from Latin lamentum, ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European leh₂-, a root meaning to cry out.

lamenting (English): present participle of lament; Lamentation

Definitions

  1. present participle of lament; Lamentation

Ancestry of “lamenting”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlamentAn expression of grief, suffering, sadness or...
2EnglishlamentationThe act of lamenting; A sorrowful cry; a lament;...
3Latinlamentatiolamentation, wailing, weeping, moaning
4LatinlamentorI lament; I bewail
5Latinlamentumwailing, moaning, weeping; lamentation, lament
6Proto-Italiclāmentom—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleh₂-to bark, howl; to be concealed

Words derived from “lamenting”

  • lamentingly
  • unlamenting
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