Where does “pleindre” come from?

pleindre (Middle French) comes from Old French plaindre, from Latin plangere, from Latin plangō, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂k- — to beat, strike; to strike, fast; to beat, hit,...

pleindre (Middle French): to cry out

Definitions

  1. to cry out

Ancestry of “pleindre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchplaindreto cry; to weep
2Latinplangeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
3Latinplangōto strike, beat, flap
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₂k-to beat, strike; to strike, fast; to beat, hit,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂k- →Every word from Latin plangō →Every word from Latin plangere →