Where does “lugubru” come from?
lugubru (Romanian) comes from French lugubre, from Latin lugubris, from Latin lugeo, from Proto-Indo-European lewǵ- — to break, tear; to break, shatter.
lugubru (Romanian): lugubrious
Ancestry of “lugubru”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | lugubre | gloomy, mournful, lugubrious |
| 2 | Latin | lugubris | of or pertaining to mourning; that causes... |
| 3 | Latin | lugeo | I mourn, grieve, lament |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | lewǵ- | to break, tear; to break, shatter |