Where does “lamentar” come from?

lamentar (Ido) comes from English lament, from English lamentation, from Latin lamentatio, from Latin lamentor, from Latin lamentum, from Proto-Italic lāmentom, from Proto-Indo-European leh₂- — to bark, howl; to be concealed.

lamentar (Ido): to lament

Definitions

  1. to lament

Ancestry of “lamentar”, step by step

lamentar traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English lament

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlamentAn expression of grief, suffering, sadness or...
2EnglishlamentationThe act of lamenting; A sorrowful cry; a lament;...
3Latinlamentatiolamentation, wailing, weeping, moaning
4LatinlamentorI lament; I bewail
5Latinlamentumwailing, moaning, weeping; lamentation, lament
6Proto-Italiclāmentom
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleh₂-to bark, howl; to be concealed

via French lamenter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlamenterto lament; to bewail; to bemoan
2LatinlamentoI lament, bewail
3Latinsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanDerives nouns from roots

via Italian lamentare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianlamentareto lament
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leh₂-