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Where does “plori” come from?

plori (Esperanto) comes from French pleurer, from Middle French pleurer, from Old French plourer, from Latin plōrō.

plori (Esperanto): to cry, to weep, to mourn

Definitions

  1. to cry, to weep, to mourn

Ancestry of “plori”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpleurerto cry, to weep; to mourn
2Middle Frenchpleurer—
3Old FrenchplourerAlternative form of plorer
4Latinplōrō—

Words derived from “plori”

  • plorigi
  • ekplori
  • plorinda
  • priplori
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