Where does “compleint” come from?
compleint (Anglo-Norman) comes from Old French compleindre, from Latin planctus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
compleint (Anglo-Norman): lament; wail; complaint; past participle of...
Definitions
- lament; wail; complaint; past participle of...
Ancestry of “compleint”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | compleindre | to have compassion; to lament; to bewail; to... |
| 2 | Latin | planctus | struck, beaten; bewailed, lamented, mourned;... |
| 3 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |