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Where does “pain” come from?

Pain derives from Old French pain, from Latin panis meaning bread, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- meaning to spread or extend.

pain (English): An ache or bodily suffering, or an instance of...

Definitions

  1. An ache or bodily suffering, or an instance of...

Ancestry of “pain”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-iteUsed to form nouns denoting followers or...
2French-itéAlternative form of -té, giving a quality or...
3Latin-īta—
4Ancient Greek-ίτηςSuffix forming a masculine noun: one connected...
5Ancient Greekπολῑ́τηςcitizen
6Ancient Greek-τηςForms nouns representing a state of being; Added...
7Proto-Hellenic-tāts—
8Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
9Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
10Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “pain”

  • painkiller
  • painkilling
  • painfree
  • paineth
  • antipain
  • painfilled
  • painlike
  • painy
  • afterpain
  • painest
  • painstick
  • painplay
  • pain-free
  • painsome
  • painable
  • painslut
  • manpain
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