English word pain comes from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoynéh₂ (Payment. Punishment, vengeance.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| *kʷoynéh₂ | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | Payment. Punishment, vengeance. |
| *kʷoinā́ | Proto-Hellenic (grk-pro) | |
| ποινή | Ancient Greek (grc) | |
| poena | Latin (lat) | (figurative) execution. Penalty. Punishment. |
| peine | Anglo-Norman (xno) | |
| pain | English (en) | (countable) An annoying person or thing.. (countable, and, uncountable) An ache or bodily suffering, or an instance of this; an unpleasant sensation, resulting from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; hurt.. (uncountable) The condition or fact of suffering or anguish especially mental, as opposed to pleasure; torment; distress. (uncountable, obsolete) Suffering [...] |