plain–1 {lament}: complain, complaint, plaint, plaintiff, plaintive ●plangent || 
L planctus : lamentation, pp. of plangere : to beat the breast, to lament
plain–2 {level, flat}: explain, peneplain, plain ●same as plan–2 ●see also place–, plat–, platy– || L planus : flat, level & planare : to plane, to make level IE *pelə– : flat, level, to spread out
* Unattested, hypothesized
† Unknown origin
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