tear

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 256 words | Copyright

tear1 drop of fluid shed by the eye. OE. tēar = OHG. zah(h)ar (G. zähre, orig. pl.), ON. tár, Goth. tagr :- IE. *dak̂ru-, repr. also by Gr. dákru, dákrūma (whence OL. dacruma, L. lacruma, -ima), W. deigr, Ir. dér.

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