Where does “plaindre” come from?
plaindre (French) comes from Middle French plaindre, from Old French plaindre, from Latin plangere, from Latin plangō, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂k- — to beat, strike; to strike, fast; to beat, hit,...
plaindre (French): to pity; to complain
Ancestry of “plaindre”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle French | plaindre | — |
| 2 | Old French | plaindre | to cry; to weep |
| 3 | Latin | plangere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 4 | Latin | plangō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₂k- | to beat, strike; to strike, fast; to beat, hit,... |
Words derived from “plaindre”