dolor

/doˈloɾ/ · A2 · noun · m

pain

🩹 dolor = root of dolorous and condolence (to share pain)

From Latin dolor, pain or grief. English kept it in dolorous (sorrowful) and condolences (con + dolor = pain felt together). One word covers both a physical ache and emotional sorrow, as in dolor de cabeza, headache.

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