Where does “unplaintive” come from?
unplaintive (English) comes from English plaintive, from Middle English pleintif, from Old French pleintif, 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.
unplaintive (English): Not plaintive
Definitions
- Not plaintive
Ancestry of “unplaintive”, step by step
unplaintive traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English plaintive
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | plaintive | Sounding sorrowful, mournful or melancholic |
| 2 | Middle English | pleintif | — |
| 3 | Old French | pleintif | miserable, unhappy; complaining; plaintive; a... |
| 4 | Old French | pleindre | Alternative form of plaindre; to complain, to... |
| 5 | Latin | planctus | struck, beaten; bewailed, lamented, mourned;... |
| 6 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |