Where does “payraise” come from?
payraise (English) comes from English pay, from Middle English payen, from Old French paiier, from Medieval Latin pacare, from Latin pācāre, from Latin pāx, from Proto-Italic pāks, from Proto-Indo-European péh₂ḱ-s — to join, to attach; agreement, settlement.
payraise (English): Alternative form of pay raise
Definitions
- Alternative form of pay raise
Ancestry of “payraise”, step by step
payraise 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 |
via English raise
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | raise | To cause to rise; to lift or elevate; To create,... |
| 2 | Middle English | reysen | To enter into service for a foreign military... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | reisen | to travel, to go on a journey |
| 4 | Old Dutch | reison | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *raisōn | to set out, depart, journey |
| 6 | Finnish | raisu | boisterous, rambunctious |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | raisō | a travel, journey |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁rey- | to arise, arise; to rise, arise; to rise; arise |