Where does “unpaid” come from?
Unpaid comes from English pay, which derives from Proto-Indo-European óynos, ultimately tracing to Proto-Indo-European h₂ent- meaning "being" or "entity."
unpaid (English): Not paid for; Of work: done without agreed...
Definitions
- Not paid for; Of work: done without agreed...
Ancestry of “unpaid”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | paid | simple past tense and past participle of pay;... |
| 2 | English | pay | To give money or other compensation to in... |
| 3 | Middle English | payen | pagan |
| 4 | Old French | paiier | to pay |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | pacare | to settle, satisfy; present active infinitive of... |
| 6 | Latin | pācāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | pāx | peace |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | pāks | peace |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | péh₂ḱ-s | peace |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂ḱ- | to join, to attach; agreement, settlement |