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