Can You Make Them Like You Used To?: "Modern Times"
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The word "complain" has an interesting history. Etymologically-inclined folks tell us that it arose in the late 14th Century, originally bearing the meaning of a lamentation or expression of grief or suffering. It's linked through Old French to the Vulgar Latin complangere, meaning to beat or strike the breast, the way people undone by uncontrollable torment do in old tales, and perhaps even in real life.From this grief-bound origin, the word slowly changed in its meaning, until by the 17th Century it had come to bear its more modern connotations of grievance, blame, and annoyance.
Can You Make Them Like You Used To?: "Modern Times"
Can You Make Them Like You Used To?: "Modern…
Can You Make Them Like You Used To?: "Modern Times"
The word "complain" has an interesting history. Etymologically-inclined folks tell us that it arose in the late 14th Century, originally bearing the meaning of a lamentation or expression of grief or suffering. It's linked through Old French to the Vulgar Latin complangere, meaning to beat or strike the breast, the way people undone by uncontrollable torment do in old tales, and perhaps even in real life.From this grief-bound origin, the word slowly changed in its meaning, until by the 17th Century it had come to bear its more modern connotations of grievance, blame, and annoyance.