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

Definitions

  1. tears; lament; complaint

Ancestry of “plor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Occitanplorar—
2Latinplorarepresent active infinitive of plōrō; second-person...
3LatinploroI cry out; I deplore; I lament, complain
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₃(w)-to swim, flow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₃(w)- →Every word from Latin ploro →Every word from Latin plorare →