Where does “plore” come from?

plore (Mauritian Creole) comes from Old French plorer, from Latin plōrāre, from Latin plōrō — to cry out.

plore (Mauritian Creole): to cry (shed tears)

Definitions

  1. to cry (shed tears)

Ancestry of “plore”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchplorerto cry
2Latinplōrāre—
3Latinplōrōto cry out
Every word from Latin plōrō →Every word from Latin plōrāre →Every word from Old French plorer →