loud sounds of distress, emotion, or calling out; to make such sounds.
From Old French 'crier' derived from Latin 'quiritare' meaning to cry out or appeal, possibly imitating the sound itself. The word has meant vocal expression of emotion since Middle English.
The word 'cry' exists in almost every language on Earth because crying is one of the few sounds humans make from birth that everyone immediately understands—it's essentially a universal human sound.
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