Where does “pains” come from?

pains (French) comes from French pain, from Italian pane, from Spanish PAN, from Old Spanish pan, from Latin pānis, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- — to protect; to shepherd.

pains (French): plural of pain

Definitions

  1. plural of pain

Ancestry of “pains”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpainbread; piece of bread; food
2Italianpanebread; block
3SpanishPANbread
4Old Spanishpanbread
5Latinpānisbread, loaf
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂-to protect; to shepherd
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- →Every word from Latin pānis →Every word from Old Spanish pan →