Where does “pranto” come from?

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

pranto (Portuguese): mourning; crying, lamentation; tears

Definitions

  1. mourning; crying, lamentation; tears

Ancestry of “pranto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesepranto—
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 “pranto”

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