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Where does “pleinte” come from?

pleinte (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.

pleinte (Old French): lament; complaint

Definitions

  1. lament; complaint

Ancestry of “pleinte”, 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 “pleinte”

  • plaintive
  • plaintively
  • plaintiveness
  • unplaintive
  • plainte
  • plaintivement
  • plaintive
  • plaintif
  • pleintif
  • plentyff
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