Etymology of the English word painful
the English word
painfulusing the English suffix
-fulderived from 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-Cognates
Dutch
pijnlijk, French
pénible, German
peinlich, Norwegian
pinlig, Swedish
pinsamUsage
Word found in Modern English
