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Etymology of the French word tristesse

the French word tristesse
derived from the Old French word triste
derived from the Latin word tristis (sad, sorrowful; gloomy)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *deru-

Cognates

Italian tristezza, Latin tristitia, Spanish tristeza



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