plaintiff的词源

英文词源

plaintiff

plaintiff: see plague

plaintiff (n.)

c. 1400, from Anglo-French pleintif (late 13c.), noun use of Old French plaintif "complaining; wretched, miserable," from plainte (see plaint). Identical with plaintive at first; the form that receded into legal usage retained the older -iff spelling.

中文词源

plaintiff：原告，起诉人

来自plaint,起诉，诉讼，-iff,形容词后缀，对应-ive.后词性由形容词变为名词，引申词义原告，起诉人。

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