Where does “paysite” come from?

paysite (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.

paysite (English): A website that charges money for admission,...

Definitions

  1. A website that charges money for admission,...

Ancestry of “paysite”, step by step

paysite traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English pay

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpayTo give money or other compensation to in...
2Middle Englishpayenpagan
3Old Frenchpaiierto pay
4Medieval Latinpacareto settle, satisfy; present active infinitive of...
5Latinpācāre
6Latinpāxpeace
7Proto-Italicpākspeace
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpéh₂ḱ-speace
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ḱ-to join, to attach; agreement, settlement

via English site

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsiteSorrow, grief; The place where anything is fixed;...
2Middle Englishsitesorrow, grief
3Anglo-Normansitesite; location
4Latinsituspermitted, allowed, suffered, having been...
5Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
6Proto-Italic-tus
7Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ḱ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European péh₂ḱ-sEvery word from Proto-Italic pāks
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