And...pretend I put something clever here.
I figure by now, everyone’s hurting coming up with posts. So, pain.
Pain first showed up as a noun
in the late thirteenth century, where
it meant punishment, usually for a crime, as well as the definition we know it
as. It comes from the Old French peine, suffering or punishment, and
before that the classical Latin poena, penalty or punishment. Poena is also where subpoena comes from. I guess that makes it “under penalty”. Anyway, like many things, the
Romans took that word from Greek, where the word poini means penalty.
From there, it can be traced even further back to the Proto Indo European kwei, pay or atone. No, I don’t know
why the k changed to a p. Peer pressure?
Sources
University of Texas at Austin
Linguistic Research Center
It's interesting how it's related to subpoena.
ReplyDeletePain is in my 'P' post too. :)
ReplyDeletePunishment was supposed to be painful I guess.
ReplyDeleteInteresting choice for the challenge. I had to scroll back and read some of the other day's words.
ReplyDeleteCame from punishment - that's interesting.
ReplyDeleteHow do you go from Greek to Proto Indo European? That doesn't make any sense.
ReplyDeleteHurting coming up with posts? Nope! Mine are done already. :)
ReplyDeleteLol, yes, pain is totally appropriate for today!!
ReplyDeletePain: example- putting up with presence of irritating idiot ex-brother-in-law.
ReplyDeleteIt is painful trying to come up with blog posts. I still have to get next week's written and scheduled. I do wonder how the k became p though.
ReplyDeleteInteresting about subpoeno! And, yes, coming up with posts is painful.
ReplyDeletePain came from punishment? Kind of makes sense.
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