Etymology of the English word pain
the English word
painderived from the Old French word
peinederived from the Latin word
poena (penalty, punishment; revenge)
derived from the Greek word
poinederived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kʷei-Derivations in English
afterpain,
painless,
painkiller,
painstaking,
pained,
painful,
painingCognates
Dutch
pijn, French
peine, German
Pein, Italian
pena, Norwegian
pine, Swedish
pinaUsage
Word found in Modern English
