Etymology

payment

pay·ment
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Today it means: The act of paying. Full definition →

Old French paiement
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payment · noun1

  1. Old French · derived frompaiement
  2. English todaypayment

From Old French paiement. Equivalent to pay + -ment.

Payment · proper noun2

  1. French · derived fromPaiement
  2. English todayPayment

Variant of French Paiement. This surname is mostly found in Canada.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.