Where does “plainer” come from?

plainer (Anglo-Norman) comes from Old French pleindre, from Latin planctus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

Ancestry of “plainer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchpleindreAlternative form of plaindre; to complain, to...
2Latinplanctusstruck, beaten; bewailed, lamented, mourned;...
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “plainer”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →