# PUNISH, PUNISHMENT (English words related to Greek words)

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The verb _ **punish** _ came into English from the old French _ **puniss-** _, extended prp. stem of _ **punir** _ (to punish) from the Latine _ **punire** _, from _ **poenire** _ from _ **poena** _, which is related to the Greek _ **ποινή** _ (poene; punishment, penalty).

**From the same root:** _punishment, punishable, punitive, punitory_

**In modern Greek:**  
**_ποινή_** : punishment, sentence, penalty  
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_**ποινή (poene) - poena → poenire → punire → punir → puniss- → punish**_

See the blog: English words of no apparent Greek origin at: [http://ewonago.blogspot.com/](http://ewonago.blogspot.com/)  
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