Dolores.
a female given name from Old Spanish
Meaning & usage
a female given name from Old Spanish
the letter D in the Spanish spelling alphabet
a town in Cabañas department, El Salvador
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *delh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *dolh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *doleō Latin doleō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin dolor Old Spanish dolor Spanish dolor Spanish dolores Spanish Dolores From dolores (“sorrows”), shortened from María (de los) Dolores, a Roman Catholic epithet of the Virgin Mary as "Our Lady of Sorrows".
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