Where does “payday” come from?
Payday comes from English pay, from Old French peier, from Latin picare, picare, paco, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European roots meaning to fasten or fix.
payday (English): The day of the week or month, or the specific...
Definitions
- The day of the week or month, or the specific...
Ancestry of “payday”, step by step
payday traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pay
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pay | To give money or other compensation to in... |
| 2 | Middle English | payen | pagan |
| 3 | Old French | paiier | to pay |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | pacare | to settle, satisfy; present active infinitive of... |
| 5 | Latin | pācāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | pāx | peace |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | pāks | peace |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | péh₂ḱ-s | peace |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂ḱ- | to join, to attach; agreement, settlement |