Etymology

paid

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Today it means: Not free of charge; costing money. Full definition →

English pay ← Middle English payen ← Old French paiier
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paid · verb1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*peh₂ḱ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*péh₂ḱs
  3. Proto-Italic*pāks
  4. Latinpāx
  5. Latinpācō
  6. Old Frenchpaiier
  7. Middle Englishpayen
  8. Englishpay
  9. English todaypaid

From pay + -ed.

paid · adjective2

  1. Middle English · derived frompaien
  2. Middle English · inherited frompaid
  3. English todaypaid

From Middle English paid, payd, ipaid, ypayd, past participle of Middle English paien, payen (“to pay”), equivalent to pay + -ed.

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