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Where does “déplorer” come from?

déplorer (Middle French) comes from Old French deplorer, from Latin dēplōrāre, from Latin plōrāre, from Latin plōrō.

Ancestry of “déplorer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchdeplorer—
2Latindēplōrāre—
3Latinplōrāre—
4Latinplōrō—

Words derived from “déplorer”

  • deplore
  • deplorer
  • deploreth
  • deplorest
  • deplorement
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