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Where does “lacrima” come from?

lacrima (Italian) comes 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.

lacrima (Italian): tear; third-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. tear; third-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “lacrima”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlācrima—
2Old Latindacrimatear
3Proto-Italic*d(r)(k)akrunā—
4Proto-Indo-Europeandáḱru-tears; tear
5Proto-Indo-Europeandr̥ḱ-h₂eḱru-eye bitter

Words derived from “lacrima”

  • lacrimogeno
  • strappalacrime
  • lacrime
  • lakrimo
  • lakrimifar
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dr̥ḱ-h₂eḱru- →