Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventorySynonym of pay back in all senses. · To make worthwhile; to yield a result worth the effort; to pay off. · To give in return; requite.
From Old French repaier (“to pay back”), from re- + paiier (“to pay”), from Latin pācāre (“to settle, to make peaceful”), from pāx (“peace”) + -ō (forming verbs). Equivalent to re- + pay. Cognate with repacify and French repayer (“to pay again”).
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