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Where does “pleurer” come from?

pleurer (Middle French) comes from Old French plourer, from Latin plōrō.

Ancestry of “pleurer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchplourerAlternative form of plorer
2Latinplōrō—

Words derived from “pleurer”

  • chantepleure
  • repleurer
  • pleureur
  • pleurer
  • priplori
  • plori
  • ekplori
  • plorigi
  • plorinda
Every word from Latin plōrō →