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Where does “pleur” come from?

pleur (Middle French) comes from Old French plor, from Old French plorer, from Latin plōrāre, from Latin plōrō.

pleur (Middle French): Crying

Definitions

  1. Crying

Ancestry of “pleur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchplorcrying
2Old Frenchplorerto cry
3Latinplōrāre—
4Latinplōrō—
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