Etymograph

English

larmier

Larmier comes from French larme ‘tear, drop’, and goes back to Old Latin dacrima.

  1. Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEdacrima
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElacrima‘a tear’
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400larme
  4. Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘tear, drop’
  5. Englishtodaylarmier

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEdacrima
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElacrima‘a tear’
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400larme
  4. Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘tear, drop’
  5. Englishtodaylarmier

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *dáḱru-

train, tear, 9 more

through Latin lacrima ‘a tear’

lacrimal, 9 more

Today it means

noun A tearpit (in animals)

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

Etymograph / Old Latin dacrima / larmier

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