Etymology of the English word painkiller
the English word
painkillerderived 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-derived from the English word
killerusing the English suffix
-erderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*-arjazusing the Latin suffix
-arius (-ar)
derived from the English word
killderived from the Old Norse word
krikiderived from the Old French word
cuillirderived from the Latin word
colligere (collect, assemble, bring; obtain, acquire, amass)
derived from the Latin word
legere (read; gather, collect)
derived from the Greek word
legein, λέγω (to speak)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*leg- (to collect, to speak)
Usage
Word found in Modern English
