pain

pain · noun, verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*kʷoynéh₂“payment”
2. Proto-Hellenic · derived from*kʷoinā́
3. Ancient Greek · derived fromποινή“bloodmoney, weregild, fine, price paid, penalty”
4. Latin · derived frompoena“punishment, pain”
5. Anglo-Norman · derived frompeine, paine
6. Middle English · inherited frompeyne
7. English todaypain

From Middle English peyne, payne, from Old French and Anglo-Norman peine, paine, from Latin poena (“punishment, pain”), from Ancient Greek ποινή (poinḗ, “bloodmoney, weregild, fine, price paid, penalty”), from Proto-Hellenic *kʷoinā́, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoynéh₂ (“payment”) (whence also Proto-Slavic *cěnà (“price”)). Doublet of peine. Compare Danish pine, Norwegian Bokmål pine, German Pein, Dutch pijn, Afrikaans pyn. See also pine (the verb). Partly displaced native Old English sār (whence Modern English sore).

pain · noun²

1. Old French · derived frompain“bread”
2. Middle English · inherited frompayn“a kind of pie with a soft crust”
3. English todaypain

From Middle English payn (“a kind of pie with a soft crust”), from Old French pain (“bread”).

Pain · proper noun³

1. Spanish · borrowed fromPaín
2. English todayPain

Various origins: * A variant of Paine. * Borrowed from Spanish Paín.

PAIN · noun⁴

Backformation from pain (“pain in the ass”)

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