Etymograph

English

endolour

Endolour comes from French endolorir.

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentendolorir
  2. Englishtodayendolour

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentendolorir
  2. Englishtodayendolour

Formed from en- + dolour

Proto-Indo-European *delh₁- ‘to split, divide’

Anglo-Norman dolour

Middle English dolour ‘physical pain, agony, suffering’

English dolour

Today it means

verb Render dolorous; cause to be tormented by grief; aggrieve to profound sorrow.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / French endolorir / endolour