Where does “lamenter” come from?

lamenter (French) comes from Latin lamento, from Latin lāmentum, from Proto-Italic lāmentom, from Proto-Indo-European leh₂- — to bark, howl; to be concealed.

lamenter (French): to lament; to bewail; to bemoan

Definitions

  1. to lament; to bewail; to bemoan

Ancestry of “lamenter”, step by step

lamenter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin lamento

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinlamentoI lament, bewail
2Latinlāmentumwailing, moaning, weeping, crying, shrieking
3Proto-Italiclāmentom—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanleh₂-to bark, howl; to be concealed

via Latin lāmentārī

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlāmentārī—

Words derived from “lamenter”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European leh₂- →Every word from Proto-Italic lāmentom →Every word from Latin lāmentum →