Where does “pine” come from?

Pine comes from Middle English pyne, from Latin pinus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European poi-, which is related to Latin poena meaning penalty or punishment.

pine (English): Any coniferous tree of the genus "Pinus"; Any...

Definitions

  1. Any coniferous tree of the genus "Pinus"; Any...

Ancestry of “pine”, step by step

pine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English pyne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishpyneA painful punishment; torture
2Old Englishpine—
3Proto-Germanic*pīnā—

via Latin pīnus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpīnuspine tree, fir tree
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpoi-sap, juice

Words derived from “pine”

Every word from Proto-Germanic *pīnā →Every word from Old English pine →Every word from Middle English pyne →