Etymograph

English

peine

Peine comes from Old French peine ‘pain’, from Latin poena ‘penalty, punishment’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷey- ‘to pay’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷey-‘to pay’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷoynéh₂‘payment’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*kʷoinā́reconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEποινή‘fine, ransom, penalty, penance, satisfaction’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpoena‘penalty, punishment’
  6. Old Frenchc. 842–1400peine‘pain’
  7. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷey-‘to pay’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷoynéh₂‘payment’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*kʷoinā́reconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEποινή‘fine, ransom, penalty, penance, satisfaction’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpoena‘penalty, punishment’
  6. Old Frenchc. 842–1400peine‘pain’
  7. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *kʷey- ‘to pay’

poetry, poem, poet, painful, titanium, whey, painless, onomatopoeia, 19 more

through Ancient Greek ποινή ‘fine, ransom, penalty, penance, satisfaction’

penalty, subpoena, 3 more

through Latin poena ‘penalty, punishment’

pain, punishment, punish, pine, punitive, impunity, penal, 3 more

Today it means

noun Pain or punishment.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kʷey- / peine

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