Latin

poena

‘punishment’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin poena.

11 English words in this record descend from Latin poena, most familiar first.

• pain ← peyne ← peine
• punishment ← punishement ← punissement ← punir ← puniō
• pine ← pyne ← *pīnā
• punish ← punischen ← puniō
• penal ← peinal ← penalis ← poenalis
• punitive ← punitif ← pūnitīvus ← pūniō
• impunity ← impunité ← impunitas ← impunis ← in- -is
• peine
• penology
• impune ← impūnis ← in- -is
• punition ← punitio ← pūniō

Etymograph / Latin poena