Pine Definition
- true pine
- pine-tree
Origin of Pine
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Middle English pinen from pine suffering from Old English pīne punishment, torment from Vulgar Latin pēna variant of Latin poena penalty from Greek poinē kwei-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Old English pinian (“torment"), from *pine “pain", possibly from Latin poena (“punishment"), from Ancient Greek ποινή (poinÄ“, “penalty, fine, bloodmoney"). Cognate to pain.
From Wiktionary
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From Latin pÄ«nus, from Proto-Indo-European *poi- (“sap, juice"). Cognate with Sanskrit पितु (“sap, juice, resin")
From Wiktionary
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Entered Germanic with Christianity; cognate to Middle Dutch pinen, Old High German pinon, Old Norse pina.
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Middle English from Old English pīn from Latin pīnus peiə- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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