MOAN

I. noun Etymology: Middle English mone, from Old English *mān Date: 13th century lamentation , complaint , a low prolonged sound of pain or of grief, II. verb Date: 14th century transitive verb to bewail audibly ; lament , to utter with ~s, intransitive verb lament , complain , 2. to make a ~ ; groan , to emit a sound resembling a ~ , ~er noun