complain

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
3. Proto-Italic*kom
4. Proto-Italic*kom-
5. Latincom-
6. Proto-Indo-European*pel-
7. Proto-Indo-European*pl(e)h₂-n-g-e-ti
8. Proto-Italic*plāngō
9. Latinplango
10. Latinplangere
11. Medieval Latincomplangere
12. Old Frenchconplaindre
13. Old Frenchcomplaindre
14. Middle Englishcomplaynen
15. English todaycomplain

From Middle English complaynen, from Old French complaindre, from Medieval Latin complangere (“to bewail, complain”), from Latin com- (“together”) + plangere (“to strike, beat, as the breast in extreme grief, bewail”); see plain, plaint.

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