Where does “pleur” come from?

pleur (Middle French) comes from Old French plor, from Old French plorer, from Latin plōrāre, from Latin plōrō — to cry out.

pleur (Middle French): Crying

Definitions

  1. Crying

Ancestry of “pleur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchplorcrying
2Old Frenchplorerto cry
3Latinplōrāre—
4Latinplōrōto cry out
Every word from Latin plōrō →Every word from Latin plōrāre →Every word from Old French plorer →