Where does “plor” come from?
plor (Old Occitan) comes from Old Occitan plorar, from Latin plorare, from Latin ploro, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₃(w)- — to swim, flow.
plor (Old Occitan): tears; lament; complaint
Ancestry of “plor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Occitan | plorar | — |
| 2 | Latin | plorare | present active infinitive of plōrō; second-person... |
| 3 | Latin | ploro | I cry out; I deplore; I lament, complain |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₃(w)- | to swim, flow |