Proto-Indo-European

*dáḱru-

‘tear’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *dáḱru-.

13 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *dáḱru-, most familiar first.

• train ← traan ← trâen ← trān ← *trahnu
• tear ← teagor ← *tahr ← *tahrą
• lacrimal ← lacrimālis ← lacrima ← dacrima ← *d(r)(k)akrunā
• lachrymal ← lachrymālis ← lacrima ← dacrima ← *d(r)(k)akrunā
• lacrimation ← lacrimātiō ← lacrimō ← lacrima ← dacrima
• lacrimate ← lacrima ← dacrima ← *d(r)(k)akrunā
• lacrimose ← lacrimōsus ← lacrima ← dacrima ← *d(r)(k)akrunā
• lacrimogenous ← lacrima ← dacrima ← *d(r)(k)akrunā
• lachrymate ← lacrima ← dacrima ← *d(r)(k)akrunā
• lachrymiform ← lacrima ← dacrima ← *d(r)(k)akrunā
• lachrymable ← lacrimabilis ← lacrimō ← lacrima ← dacrima
• larmier ← larme ← larme ← lacrima ← dacrima

More words from *dáḱru-

• lacriform

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dáḱru-