deuil

le deuil (FR N-M) sorrow, affliction felt at the death of someone, mourning; death of a loved one; exterior signs of mourning; time during which one wears mourning clothes; funeral cortege. First appears in French in the 15th century spelled dueil, (12th c.) doel, duel, (10th c.) dol, Latin dolus, dolere (to suffer). (Debussy, Gautier, Hugo, Morand, Verlaine, Vilmorin)