Where does “complaintiveness” come from?
complaintiveness (English) comes from English complaintive, from English complaint, from Middle English compleynte, from Anglo-Norman compleint, from Old French compleindre, from Latin planctus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
complaintiveness (English): The quality of being complaintive
Definitions
- The quality of being complaintive
Ancestry of “complaintiveness”, step by step
complaintiveness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English complaintive
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | complaintive | Tending to complain, characterized by complaining |
| 2 | English | complaint | The act of complaining; A grievance, problem,... |
| 3 | Middle English | compleynte | — |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | compleint | lament; wail; complaint; past participle of... |
| 5 | Old French | compleindre | to have compassion; to lament; to bewail; to... |
| 6 | Latin | planctus | struck, beaten; bewailed, lamented, mourned;... |
| 7 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |