Where does “pleindre” come from?

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

pleindre (Old French): Alternative form of plaindre; to complain, to...

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of plaindre; to complain, to...

Ancestry of “pleindre”, step by step

pleindre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin planctus

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

via Latin plangere

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinplangeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
2Latinplangōto strike, beat, flap
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₂k-to beat, strike; to strike, fast; to beat, hit,...

Words derived from “pleindre”

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