Ancient Greek

ποινή

‘blood money, wergeld’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Ancient Greek ποινή.

13 English words in this record descend from Ancient Greek ποινή, most familiar first.

• pain ← peyne ← peine ← poena
• penalty ← pénalité ← poenālis
• punishment ← punishement ← punissement ← punir ← puniō
• pine ← pyne ← *pīnā ← poena
• punish ← punischen ← puniō ← poena
• penal ← peinal ← penalis ← poenalis ← poena
• punitive ← punitif ← pūnitīvus ← pūniō ← poena
• subpoena ← sub pena ← poena
• impunity ← impunité ← impunitas ← impunis ← in- -is
• peine ← poena
• penology ← poena
• impune ← impūnis ← in- -is ← poena

More words from ποινή

• punition

Etymograph / Ancient Greek ποινή