Where does “plainte” come from?

plainte (Old French) comes from Latin plancta, from Latin planctus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

plainte (Old French): lament, complaint

Definitions

  1. lament, complaint

Ancestry of “plainte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinplanctanominative feminine singular of plānctus;...
2Latinplanctusstruck, beaten; bewailed, lamented, mourned;...
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “plainte”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin planctus →