Where does “repayment” come from?
Repayment comes from Middle English repayment, formed with the prefix re- from Old French re-, ultimately from Latin re- meaning "back" or "again," combined with payment.
repayment (English): The act of repaying; The money or other resource...
Definitions
- The act of repaying; The money or other resource...
Ancestry of “repayment”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | repay | To pay back |
| 2 | Old French | repaier | to pay back |
| 3 | Old French | paiier | to pay |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | pacare | to settle, satisfy; present active infinitive of... |
| 5 | Latin | pācāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | pāx | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | pāks | peace |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | péh₂ḱ-s | peace |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂ḱ- | to join, to attach; agreement, settlement |
Words derived from “repayment”