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Etymology · Proto-Indo-European

*kʷoynéh₂

3 English words descend from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoynéh₂, most common first.

painAn ache or bodily suffering, or an instance of this; an unpleasant sensation, resulting from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; hurt.
penaltyA legal sentence.
penalOf or relating to punishment.