Where does “pianpháis” come from?
pianpháis (Irish) comes from Irish páis, from Latin passiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
pianpháis (Irish): anguish; agony of suspense
Definitions
- anguish; agony of suspense
Ancestry of “pianpháis”, step by step
pianpháis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Irish páis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irish | páis | passion, suffering |
| 2 | Latin | passiō | suffering; enduring |
| 3 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 4 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 5 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 6 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Irish pian
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irish | pian | pain; punishment, penalty; pain; punish |
| 2 | Middle Irish | pían | pain |
| 3 | Old Irish | pén | pain, punishment |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | pena | punishment in hell; Alternative form of poena |
| 5 | Latin | poenā | penalty, punishment |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ποινή | blood money, wergeld; fine, ransom, penalty,... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | kʷoinā́ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷoynéh₂ | payment; punishment, vengeance |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷey- | to pay; to avenge |