Word Origin Summary

Paene is attested in Latin. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Ancestry Chain

1. *peh₁-Proto-Indo-Europeanderived from

Descendants and Related Terms

• penumbra

  Portuguese · derived from

• penannular

  English · derived from

• pénombre

  French · derived from

• penumbra

  English · derived from

• penă

  Romanian · borrowed from

• Paenibacillus

  Translingual · derived from

• penumbră

  Romanian · borrowed from

• peninitial

  English · derived from

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