complaint的词源

英文词源

complaint (n.)

late 14c., "lamentation, grief," from Old French complainte (12c.) "complaint, lament," noun use of fem. past participle of complaindre (see complain). Meaning "bodily ailment" is from 1705 (often in U.S. colloquial use generalized as complaints).

中文词源

complaint：抱怨，疾病

来自complain, 抱怨，被疾病侵袭。

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：complaint 词源，complaint 含义。

complaint：抱怨，诉苦；控制，申诉；疾病

来源于拉丁语动词plangere(击打,悲伤)的复合词complangere(悲伤,抱怨)