Where does “lacrima” come from?

lacrima (New Latin) comes from Old Latin lacruma, from Proto-Indo-European dáḱru-, from Proto-Indo-European dr̥ḱ-h₂eḱru- — eye bitter.

lacrima (New Latin): a tear

Definitions

  1. a tear

Ancestry of “lacrima”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old LatinlacrumaArchaic form of lacrima
2Proto-Indo-Europeandáḱru-tears; tear
3Proto-Indo-Europeandr̥ḱ-h₂eḱru-eye bitter
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dr̥ḱ-h₂eḱru- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dáḱru- →Every word from Old Latin lacruma →