Etymology of the English word painless
the English word
painlessusing the English suffix
-lessderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*lausazderived 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-Usage
Word found in Modern English