Etymograph

English

repayer

From repay + -er.

Formed from repay + -er

Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- ‘to join, to attach’

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Latin pāx ‘peace’

Latin pācāre ‘to settle, to make peaceful’

Old French paiier ‘to pay’

Old French repaier ‘to pay back’

English repay

Today it means

noun One who repays.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “repayer”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / repayer