Latin
plango
‘to strike, beat, flap’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin plango.
6 English words in this record descend from Latin plango, most familiar first.
- complain ← complaynen ← complaindre ← complangere ← plangere
- plague ← plage ← plage ← plāga
- peel ← pele ← pele ← pāla
- plaintive ← pleintif ← pleintif ← plaindre
- plaint ← plainte ← plainte ← plancta ← planctus
- plangent ← plangēns
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Etymograph / Latin plango