Where does “pénible” come from?

pénible (French) comes from Middle French penible, from Old French peinible.

pénible (French): painful, hard, displeasing; annoying

Definitions

  1. painful, hard, displeasing; annoying

Ancestry of “pénible”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchpenibleterrible; awful; horrible
2Old Frenchpeinible—

Words derived from “pénible”

Every word from Old French peinible →Every word from Middle French penible →