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The h is peculiar, as the latin word reads `lacrimosus`
by exceptione 11mo ago
The h is peculiar, as the latin word reads `lacrimosus`
- jaggederest 11mo agoInteresting etymology: https://www.etymonline.com/word/lachrymose https://www.etymonline.com/word/lachrymose Greek dakryma "-d- to -l- alteration in Latin" "The Medieval Latin practice of writing -ch- for -c- before Latin -r- also altered anchor, pulchritude, sepulchre. The -y- is pedantic, from the former belief that the word was pure Greek."