Where does “lamenta” come from?

lamenta (Romanian) comes from French lamenter, from Latin lamento, from Latin lāmentum, from Proto-Italic lāmentom, from Proto-Indo-European leh₂- — to bark, howl; to be concealed.

lamenta (Romanian): to lament

Definitions

  1. to lament

Ancestry of “lamenta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlamenterto lament; to bewail; to bemoan
2LatinlamentoI lament, bewail
3Latinlāmentumwailing, moaning, weeping, crying, shrieking
4Proto-Italiclāmentom—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleh₂-to bark, howl; to be concealed

Words derived from “lamenta”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European leh₂- →