wayment
wayment · wayments
Lamentation; griefLamentation; grief.
Meaning
1 senses(obsolete)Lamentation; grief.
Origin
From Middle English waymenten, from Anglo-Norman waimenter (“to lament”) (compare Old FrenFrom Middle English waymenten, from Anglo-Norman waimenter (“to lament”) (compare Old French guaimenter, gaimenter (“to lament”)), a conflation of wai, guai (“woe”), from Frankish *wai, *wē (“woe”) from Proto-Germanic *wai (“woe”), and Latin lamentari (“to lament”). Akin to Old High German wē (“woe”) (German Weh "woe, pain"), Old English wā (“woe”). More at woe, lament.
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