Where does “payback” come from?
Payback derives from English pay plus back, with pay coming from French payer, Latin pacare meaning "to appease or satisfy," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European gʷémtis.
payback (English): An act of revenge; A benefit, reward, a form of...
Definitions
- An act of revenge; A benefit, reward, a form of...
Ancestry of “payback”, step by step
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| 1 | English | pay back | to pay an amount of money owed to another, to... |