dolor
English
/ˈdoʊlə(ɹ)/
noun
Definitions
- (literary) Sorrow, grief, misery or anguish.
- A unit of pain used to theoretically weigh people's outcomes.
Etymology
Borrowed from dolour derived from Old French dolor derived from Latin dolor (pain, grief, ache) root from Proto-Indo-European *delh₁- (split, cut, hew, distribute).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*delh₁-
Gloss
split, cut, hew, distribute
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- dolorifuge English
- dolorimeter English
- dolour English
- indolency English
- indolent English
- *dolia Latin
- *dolium Latin
- *doliōsus Latin
- Tolentinum Latin
- condelere, condoleo Latin
- condoleo Latin
- condoleō Latin
- doleō Latin
- dolium Latin
- dolor Latin
- dolor, dolōrem Latin
- dolorosus Latin
- dolus Latin
- dolēns Latin
- dolēntem, dolens, dolēns Latin
- dolōrem Latin
- dolōrōsus Latin
- dōlium Latin
- indolentia Latin
- doglioso Italian
- douleur French
- Δαίδαλος Ancient Greek
- Ταυλάντιοι Ancient Greek
- δόλος Ancient Greek
- *delh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *dl̥h₁yéti Proto-Indo-European
- *dolh₁éyeti Proto-Indo-European
- *dolh₁ōs Proto-Indo-European
- dealbhóir Irish
- *delěti Proto-Slavic
- *odolěti Proto-Slavic
- dolor Old French
- doloro Esperanto
- duios Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- cynddelw Welsh
- delfryd Welsh
- dolur Welsh
- doloro Ido
- delbaid Old Irish
- cian-dhealbh Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- dealbh dath-uisge Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- taigh-dealbh Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- taigh-dhealbh Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- *delwā Proto-Celtic
- *dolōs Proto-Italic
- dolour xno
- *dalna Proto-Albanian
- *dalnānja Proto-Albanian
- *dolhos Old Latin
- *dolōs Old Latin