Where does “pena” come from?

pena (Venetian) comes from Latin paene, from Proto-Indo-European peh₁- — to hate, hurt.

pena (Venetian): hardly

Definitions

  1. hardly

Ancestry of “pena”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpaenealmost, nearly; scarcely, hardly, barely
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₁-to hate, hurt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₁- →Every word from Latin paene →