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href="/word/lachrymose#etymonline_v_1978">lachrymose<!-- -->聽<!-- -->(adj.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>also <span class="foreign notranslate">lacrymose</span>, 1660s, "tear-like," from Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">lacrimosus</span> "tearful, sorrowful, weeping," also "causing tears, lamentable," from <span class="foreign notranslate">lacrima</span>, <span class="foreign notranslate">lacryma</span> "a tear," a dialect-altered borrowing of Greek <span class="foreign notranslate">dakryma</span> "a tear," from <span class="foreign notranslate">dakryein</span> "to shed tears, weep, lament with tears," from <span class="foreign notranslate">dakry</span> "a tear" (from PIE <span class="foreign notranslate">*dakru-</span> "tear;" see <a href="/word/tear#etymonline_v_7655" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of tear " class="crossreference notranslate">tear</a> (n.1)). Meaning "given to tears, tearful" is first attested 1727; meaning "of a mournful character" is from 1822. Related: <span class="foreign notranslate">Lachrymosely</span>.</p> <p>The <span class="foreign notranslate">-d-</span> to <span class="foreign notranslate">-l-</span> alteration in Latin is the so-called "Sabine -L-"; compare Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">olere</span> "smell," from root of <a href="/word/odor" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of odor " class="crossreference notranslate">odor</a>, and <span class="foreign notranslate">Ulixes</span>, the Latin form of Greek <span class="foreign notranslate">Odysseus</span>. The Medieval Latin practice of writing <span class="foreign notranslate">-ch-</span> for <span class="foreign notranslate">-c-</span> before Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">-r-</span> also altered <a href="/word/anchor" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of anchor " class="crossreference notranslate">anchor</a>, <a href="/word/pulchritude" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of pulchritude " class="crossreference notranslate">pulchritude</a>, <a href="/word/sepulchre" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of sepulchre " class="crossreference notranslate">sepulchre</a>. The <span class="foreign notranslate">-y-</span> is pedantic, from the former belief that the word was pure Greek. Earlier in the same sense was <span class="foreign notranslate">lachrymental</span> (1620s). Middle English had <span class="foreign notranslate">lacrymable</span> "tearful" (mid-15c.).</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div data-ad-container="true" class="adContainer--6CVz1 horizontal"><span class="adLabel--35hfi">Advertisement</span><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7093273770345366" style="display:block;width:100%" data-ad-format="fluid" data-ad-layout-key="-f3+v+bw-5a-4s" data-ad-slot="3793901704"></ins></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of piloted" href="/word/piloted#etymonline_v_46332">piloted<!-- -->聽<!-- -->(adj.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>"directed by a pilot," 1945, past-participle adjective from <a href="/word/pilot#etymonline_v_45413" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of pilot " class="crossreference notranslate">pilot</a> (v.).</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of autopilot" href="/word/autopilot#etymonline_v_18983">autopilot<!-- -->聽<!-- -->(n.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>also <span class="foreign notranslate">auto-pilot</span>, 1917, originally in airplanes, from <a href="/word/auto-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of auto- " class="crossreference notranslate">auto-</a> + <a href="/word/pilot#etymonline_v_14994" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of pilot " class="crossreference notranslate">pilot</a> (n.). The figurative use (of persons, behaviors) is by 1996.</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of copilot" href="/word/copilot#etymonline_v_28868">copilot<!-- -->聽<!-- -->(n.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>also <span class="foreign notranslate">co-pilot</span>, "a second pilot of an airplane," 1927, from <a href="/word/co-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of co- " class="crossreference notranslate">co-</a> + <a href="/word/pilot#etymonline_v_14994" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of pilot " class="crossreference notranslate">pilot</a> (n.). As a verb from 1933. Related: <span class="foreign notranslate">Copiloted; co-piloted</span>.</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of pilot-fish" href="/word/pilot-fish#etymonline_v_46333">pilot-fish<!-- -->聽<!-- -->(n.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>type of warm-water fish, 1630s, from <a href="/word/pilot#etymonline_v_14994" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of pilot " class="crossreference notranslate">pilot</a> (n.) + <a href="/word/fish#etymonline_v_5975" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of fish " class="crossreference notranslate">fish</a> (n.). So called because they were thought to lead sharks to prey. It is uncertain whether this is the same fish known to the Ancients as <span class="foreign notranslate">pompilus</span> (Greek <span class="foreign notranslate">pompilos</span>, "pilot").</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of pilot-house" href="/word/pilot-house#etymonline_v_54747">pilot-house<!-- -->聽<!-- -->(n.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>"enclosed place on the deck of a ship which shelters the steering-gear and the pilot," by 1846, from <a href="/word/pilot#etymonline_v_14994" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of pilot " class="crossreference notranslate">pilot</a> (n.) + <a href="/word/house#etymonline_v_14504" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of house " class="crossreference notranslate">house</a> (n.).</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of pilotless" href="/word/pilotless#etymonline_v_54748">pilotless<!-- -->聽<!-- -->(adj.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>c. 1600, "unguided," from <a href="/word/pilot#etymonline_v_14994" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of pilot " class="crossreference notranslate">pilot</a> (n.) + <a href="/word/-less" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of -less " class="crossreference notranslate">-less</a>. In 20c. of aircraft, etc., "self-directing, not requiring a pilot."聽</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of sky-pilot" href="/word/sky-pilot#etymonline_v_55545">sky-pilot<!-- -->聽<!-- -->(n.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>by 1877 as a slang term for a clergyman, from <a href="/word/sky#etymonline_v_23632" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of sky " class="crossreference notranslate">sky</a> (n.) + <a href="/word/pilot#etymonline_v_14994" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of pilot " class="crossreference notranslate">pilot</a> (n.). Often, but not originally, a sailor's term for a navy chaplain or any who has spiritual charge of seamen. Also "a balloonist" (by 1854).</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of *ped-" href="/word/*ped-#etymonline_v_52663">*ped-<!-- -->聽<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>Proto-Indo-European root meaning "foot."</p> <p>It forms all or part of: <a href="/word/antipodes" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of antipodes " class="crossreference notranslate">antipodes</a>; <a href="/word/apodal" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of apodal " class="crossreference notranslate">apodal</a>; <a href="/word/Arthropoda" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of Arthropoda " class="crossreference notranslate">Arthropoda</a>; <a href="/word/babouche" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of babouche " class="crossreference notranslate">babouche</a>; <a href="/word/biped" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of biped " class="crossreference notranslate">biped</a>; <a href="/word/brachiopod" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of brachiopod " class="crossreference notranslate">brachiopod</a>; <a href="/word/cap-a-pie" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of cap-a-pie " class="crossreference notranslate">cap-a-pie</a>; <a href="/word/centipede" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of centipede " class="crossreference notranslate">centipede</a>; <a href="/word/cephalopod" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of cephalopod " class="crossreference notranslate">cephalopod</a>; <a href="/word/cheliped" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of cheliped " class="crossreference notranslate">cheliped</a>; <a href="/word/chiropodist" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of chiropodist " class="crossreference notranslate">chiropodist</a>; <a href="/word/expedite" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of expedite " class="crossreference notranslate">expedite</a>; <a href="/word/expedition" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of expedition " class="crossreference notranslate">expedition</a>; <a href="/word/foot" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of foot " class="crossreference notranslate">foot</a>; <a href="/word/foosball" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of foosball " class="crossreference notranslate">foosball</a>; <a href="/word/fetch#etymonline_v_5881" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of fetch " class="crossreference notranslate">fetch</a> (v.); <a href="/word/fetter" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of fetter " class="crossreference notranslate">fetter</a>; <a href="/word/fetlock" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of fetlock " class="crossreference notranslate">fetlock</a>; <a 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notranslate">isopod</a>; <a href="/word/millipede" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of millipede " class="crossreference notranslate">millipede</a>; <a href="/word/octopus" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of octopus " class="crossreference notranslate">octopus</a>; <a href="/word/Oedipus" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of Oedipus " class="crossreference notranslate">Oedipus</a>; <a href="/word/ornithopod" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of ornithopod " class="crossreference notranslate">ornithopod</a>; <a href="/word/pajamas" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of pajamas " class="crossreference notranslate">pajamas</a>; <a href="/word/pawn#etymonline_v_10191" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of pawn " class="crossreference notranslate">pawn</a> (n.2) "lowly chess piece;" <a href="/word/peccadillo" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of peccadillo " class="crossreference notranslate">peccadillo</a>; <a href="/word/peccant" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of peccant " class="crossreference notranslate">peccant</a>; <a href="/word/peccavi" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of peccavi " class="crossreference notranslate">peccavi</a>; <a href="/word/pedal" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of pedal " class="crossreference notranslate">pedal</a>; <a href="/word/pedestrian" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of pedestrian " class="crossreference notranslate">pedestrian</a>; <a href="/word/pedicel" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of pedicel " class="crossreference notranslate">pedicel</a>; <a href="/word/pedicle" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of pedicle " class="crossreference notranslate">pedicle</a>; <a href="/word/pedicure" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of pedicure " class="crossreference notranslate">pedicure</a>; <a href="/word/pedigree" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of pedigree " class="crossreference notranslate">pedigree</a>; <a 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