Etymology

complaint

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Today it means: The act of complaining. Full definition →

Middle English compleynte ← Anglo-Norman compleint ← Old French compleindre
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  1. Latin · derived fromplanctus
  2. Old French · derived fromcompleindre
  3. Anglo-Norman · derived fromcompleint
  4. Middle English · derived fromcompleynte
  5. English todaycomplaint

From Middle English compleynte, from Anglo-Norman compleint, from Old French compleindre, eventually from Latin planctus (whence plaint).

Words from the same roots

Latinplanctus all →

plaint

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