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Where does “pleintif” come from?

pleintif (Middle English) comes 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.

Ancestry of “pleintif”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpleintifmiserable, unhappy; complaining; plaintive; a...
2Old FrenchpleindreAlternative form of plaindre; to complain, to...
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

Words derived from “pleintif”

  • plaintive
  • plaintively
  • plaintiveness
  • unplaintive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →