English

PayPal

Company name, from pay + pal.

A compound of pay + pal

Medieval Latin pācāre ‘to settle’

Old French paiier

Middle English payen ‘to pay’

English pay

Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr ‘brother’

Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰráHtā ‘brother’

Sanskrit भ्रातृ ‘brother’

Romani phral ‘brother’

Angloromani pal ‘brother, friend’

English pal

Today it means

name A worldwide online payment system.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.