Where does “lugens” come from?

lugens (Latin) comes from Latin lugeo, from Proto-Indo-European lewǵ- — to break, tear; to break, shatter.

lugens (Latin): mourning, grieving, lamenting

Definitions

  1. mourning, grieving, lamenting

Ancestry of “lugens”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinlugeoI mourn, grieve, lament
2Proto-Indo-Europeanlewǵ-to break, tear; to break, shatter
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewǵ- →Every word from Latin lugeo →