Dacrystic
/dəˈkrɪstɪk/noun
Of or relating to tears or the secretion of tears.
Did you know?Dacrystic ultimately belongs to the same ancient Indo-European word family as Greek dakry, Latin lacrima, and English tear—three radically different-looking descendants of “tear.”
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*dakru-
“Tear; a drop of fluid from the eye”
Ancient Greek
Greek
δάκρυ (dakry)
“Tear”
Late Greek
Greek
δακρυϊκός (dakryikos)
“Of or relating to tears”
19th Century
English
dacrystic
“Relating to tears; lachrymal”
Modern English
English
dacrystic
“Of or relating to tears or tear secretion”
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