- complaint (n.)
[complaint 词源字典]
- 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).[complaint etymology, complaint origin, 英语词源]