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Where does “lagrimabile” come from?

lagrimabile (Italian) comes from Latin lacrimabilis, from Latin lacrimō, 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.

lagrimabile (Italian): heartrending, pitiful

Definitions

  1. heartrending, pitiful

Ancestry of “lagrimabile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlacrimabilislamentable, worthy of tears
2Latinlacrimō—
3Latinlācrima—
4Old Latindacrimatear
5Proto-Italic*d(r)(k)akrunā—
6Proto-Indo-Europeandáḱru-tears; tear
7Proto-Indo-Europeandr̥ḱ-h₂eḱru-eye bitter
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dr̥ḱ-h₂eḱru- →