Where does “payee” come from?
Payee derives from English pay, from French -é, from Latin picare meaning "to pacify," from Latin pacare, from Latin -atus and Latin pax meaning "peace," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European pi- and Proto-Indo-European -tós.
payee (English): one to whom money is paid
Definitions
- one to whom money is paid
Ancestry of “payee”, step by step
| 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 |