Where does “apay” come from?
apay (English) comes from Middle English apaien, from Old French apaiier, from Vulgar Latin adpacare, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
apay (English): To satisfy, please; To repay
Definitions
- To satisfy, please; To repay
Ancestry of “apay”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | apaien | satisfy or please |
| 2 | Old French | apaiier | to appease; to calm |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | adpacare | present active infinitive of *adpācō |
| 4 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |