Where does “lamentar” come from?

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

lamentar (Galician): to lament; to bewail; to feel sorry for

Definitions

  1. to lament; to bewail; to feel sorry for

Ancestry of “lamentar”, step by step

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