lamentation.
lamentation, loud/ostentatious plaint
Meaning & usage
lamentation, loud/ostentatious plaint
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Indo-European *léh₂mn̥tom Proto-Italic *lāmentom Latin lāmentum Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -or Latin lāmentor Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin lāmentātiōder. Middle French lamentation French lamentation Inherited from Middle French lamentation, from Latin lāmentātiōnem (“wailing, moaning, weeping”).
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