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Where does “nasolacrimal” come from?

nasolacrimal (English) comes from English lacrimal, from Medieval Latin lacrimālis, 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.

nasolacrimal (English): Pertaining to the nose and the lacrimal...

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to the nose and the lacrimal...

Ancestry of “nasolacrimal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlacrimalOf or relating to tears or the tear-secreting...
2Medieval Latinlacrimālis—
3Latinlācrima—
4Old Latindacrimatear
5Proto-Italic*d(r)(k)akrunā—
6Proto-Indo-Europeandáḱru-tears; tear
7Proto-Indo-Europeandr̥ḱ-h₂eḱru-eye bitter
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dr̥ḱ-h₂eḱru- →