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Where does “unpaidness” come from?

unpaidness (English) comes from English unpaid, from English paid, from English pay, from Middle English payen, from Old French paiier, from Medieval Latin pacare, from Latin pācāre, from Latin pāx — to join, to attach; agreement, settlement.

unpaidness (English): The state or condition of being unpaid

Definitions

  1. The state or condition of being unpaid

Ancestry of “unpaidness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunpaidNot paid for; Of work: done without agreed...
2Englishpaidsimple past tense and past participle of pay;...
3EnglishpayTo give money or other compensation to in...
4Middle Englishpayenpagan
5Old Frenchpaiierto pay
6Medieval Latinpacareto settle, satisfy; present active infinitive of...
7Latinpācāre—
8Latinpāx—
9Proto-Italicpākspeace
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpéh₂ḱ-speace
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ḱ-to join, to attach; agreement, settlement
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