Etymology of paid

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗

verb

simple past and past participle of pay

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *péh₂ḱs Proto-Italic *pāks Latin pāx Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin pācō Old French paiierbor. Middle English payen English pay Proto-Germanic *-ōd- Old English -ode Middle English -ede English -ed English paid From pay + -ed.

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗

adj

Not free of charge; costing money. · Receiving pay. · For which pay is given. · Having money (i.e. rich, wealthy, etc.).

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Middle English paid, payd, ipaid, ypayd, past participle of Middle English paien, payen (“to pay”), equivalent to pay + -ed.

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Inherited-form mentionpaidenm
Derivation mentionpaienenm
Word-formation componentpayen
Word-formation component-eden

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