- plaintiff
[plaintiff 词源字典]
- plaintiff: see plague
[plaintiff etymology, plaintiff origin, 英语词源] - plaintiff (n.)
- c. 1400, from Anglo-French pleintif (late 13c.), noun use of Old French plaintif "complaining; wretched, miserable," from plainte (see plaint). Identical with plaintive at first; the form that receded into legal usage retained the older -iff spelling.