French plaindre

← Middle French plaindre (inherited)

← Middle French pleindre (mention)

← Old French plaindre (inherited)

← Old French pleindre (mention)

← Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂k- (derived)

← Latin plangere (inherited)

← Latin plangō (mention)

→ Esperanto plendi (borrowed)

→ Spanish plañir (cognate)

→ Louisiana Creole French plainde (inherited)