Where does “lacrimă” come from?
lacrimă (Romanian) comes from Romanian lacrămă, from Latin lācrima, from Old Latin dacrima, from Proto-Italic *d(r)(k)akrunā, from Proto-Indo-European dáḱru-, from Proto-Indo-European dr̥ḱ-h₂eḱru- — eye bitter.
lacrimă (Romanian): teardrop, tear
Definitions
- teardrop, tear
Ancestry of “lacrimă”, step by step
lacrimă traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian lacrămă
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | lacrămă | Alternative form of lacrimă |
| 2 | Latin | lācrima | a tear drop of liquid from crying |
| 3 | Old Latin | dacrima | tear |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *d(r)(k)akrunā | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dáḱru- | tears; tear |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dr̥ḱ-h₂eḱru- | eye bitter |
via Latin lacrimāre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | lacrimāre | — |