Where does “repayest” come from?

repayest (English) comes from English repay, from Old French repaier, 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.

repayest (English): second-person singular simple present form of...

Definitions

  1. second-person singular simple present form of...

Ancestry of “repayest”, step by step

repayest traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English repay

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrepayTo pay back
2Old Frenchrepaierto pay back
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 Est

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishEstestablished
2Middle Englishestegrace, est, favour; pleasure, enjoyment, fun;...
3Old Englishēstwill, consent, favour, grace, liberality,...
4Proto-West Germanic*anstifavour
5Proto-Germanicanstizfavour, affection
6Proto-Germanicunnanąto grant, bestow
7Proto-Indo-Europeanān-to notice; face, mouth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ḱ-