Where does “pianto” come from?

pianto (Italian) comes from Latin planctus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

pianto (Italian): past participle of piangere; crying, weeping;...

Definitions

  1. past participle of piangere; crying, weeping;...

Ancestry of “pianto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinplanctusstruck, beaten; bewailed, lamented, mourned;...
2Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
3Proto-Italic-tus—
4Proto-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 →