Where does “plaint” come from?
plaint (French) comes from Middle French plaint, from Old French plaint, from Latin planctus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
plaint (French): past participle of plaindre
Definitions
- past participle of plaindre
Ancestry of “plaint”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle French | plaint | — |
| 2 | Old French | plaint | lament |
| 3 | Latin | planctus | struck, beaten; bewailed, lamented, mourned;... |
| 4 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |