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

pleinte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin plancta

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

via Old French pleindre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchpleindreAlternative form of plaindre; to complain, to...
2Latinplangeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...

Words derived from “pleinte”

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