plaintive的词源

英文词源

plaintive

plaintive: see plague

plaintive (adj.)

late 14c., "lamenting," from Old French plaintif "complaining; wretched, miserable," from plainte (see plaint). Sense of "mournful, sad" first recorded 1570s. Related: Plaintively; plaintiveness.

中文词源

plaintive：凄凉的，悲伤的

来自plaint,哀伤，悲痛，-iff,形容词后缀。

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