penalty

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*kʷoynéh₂
2. Proto-Hellenic · derived from*kʷoinā́
3. Ancient Greek · derived fromποινή
4. Latin · derived frompoenālis
5. Middle French · borrowed frompénalité
6. English todaypenalty

From Middle French pénalité, from pénal, from Latin poenālis, from poena, borrowing of Ancient Greek ποινή (poinḗ), from Proto-Hellenic *kʷoinā́, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoynéh₂, comprising *kʷey- + *-néh₂.

Words from the same roots