The h is peculiar, as the latin word reads `lacrimosus`
Interesting etymology:
https://www.etymonline.com/word/lachrymose
Greek dakryma
"-d- to -l- alteration in Latin"
"The Medieval Latin practice of writing -ch- for -c- before Latin -r- also altered anchor, pulchritude, sepulchre. The -y- is pedantic, from the former belief that the word was pure Greek."
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Interesting etymology:
https://www.etymonline.com/word/lachrymose
Greek dakryma
"-d- to -l- alteration in Latin"
"The Medieval Latin practice of writing -ch- for -c- before Latin -r- also altered anchor, pulchritude, sepulchre. The -y- is pedantic, from the former belief that the word was pure Greek."