myEtymology.com: Portuguese etymology of pranto

Etymology of the Portuguese word pranto

the Portuguese word pranto

derived from the Latin word planctus (wailing, lamentation, lament)

derived from the Latin word plangere (strike, beat; bewail)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *plak-

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *plāk-

Catalan plant, French plainte, Italian pianto, Provençal planch, Spanish planto