英文词源
- penal
- penal: see pain
- penal (adj.)
- "pertaining to punishment," mid-15c., from Old French peinal (12c., Modern French pénal) and directly from Medieval Latin penalis, from Latin poenalis "pertaining to punishment," from poena "punishment," from Greek poine "blood-money, fine, penalty, punishment," from PIE *kwoina, from root *kwei- "to pay, atone, compensate" (cognates: Greek time "price, worth, honor, esteem, respect," tinein "to pay a price, punish, take vengeance;" Sanskrit cinoti "observes, notes;" Avestan kaena "punishment, vengeance;" Old Church Slavonic cena "honor, price;" Lithuanian kaina "value, price").
中文词源
词根词缀： -pen-惩罚 + -al形容词词尾
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：penal 词源，penal 含义。
来自拉丁语poena,处罚，惩罚，来自希腊语poine,处罚，罚金，来自PIE*kwei,弥补，支付，赎罪，词源同pain,punish.
