Where does “lugubrious” come from?

Lugubrious comes from Latin lugubris, from Latin lugeo meaning to mourn, from Proto-Indo-European lewǵ-.

lugubrious (English): Gloomy, mournful or dismal, especially to an...

Definitions

  1. Gloomy, mournful or dismal, especially to an...

Ancestry of “lugubrious”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlugubrisof or pertaining to mourning; that causes...
2LatinlugeoI mourn, grieve, lament
3Proto-Indo-Europeanlewǵ-to break, tear; to break, shatter

Words derived from “lugubrious”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewǵ- →Every word from Latin lugeo →Every word from Latin lugubris →