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payment

/ˈpeɪmənt/PAY-muhnt
/ˈpeɪmənt/PAY-muhnt

Meaningthe act of paying

Common meaning: money paid

Journey through time

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pak-‘bind, fasten, fix, hold fast’source
  2. Latinpacare‘pacify or satisfy’source
  3. Old Frenchpaer‘pay or satisfy’source
  4. Middle Englishpayen‘pay or satisfy’source
  5. Englishpay‘give money owed’
  6. Englishformed in English from paypayment‘money paid’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from pay + -ment.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), PAY, p.427 · scan

Source words

  • pacare Latin · source word “pacify or satisfy”

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