Where does “paie” come from?

paie (Old French) comes from Old French paiier, from Medieval Latin pacare, from Latin pācāre, from Latin pāx, from Proto-Italic pāks, from Proto-Indo-European péh₂ḱ-s, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ḱ- — to join, to attach; agreement, settlement.

paie (Old French): payment, recompense

Definitions

  1. payment, recompense

Ancestry of “paie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpaiierto pay
2Medieval Latinpacareto settle, satisfy; present active infinitive of...
3Latinpācāre—
4Latinpāxpeace
5Proto-Italicpākspeace
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpéh₂ḱ-speace
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ḱ-to join, to attach; agreement, settlement

Words derived from “paie”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European péh₂ḱ-s →Every word from Proto-Italic pāks →