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

  1. past participle of plaindre

Ancestry of “plaint”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchplaint—
2Old Frenchplaintlament
3Latinplanctusstruck, beaten; bewailed, lamented, mourned;...
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus—
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin planctus →