Pene

Morpheme

Pene

Type

bound base

Denotation

fine, atone, punish, retribution

Etymology

Medieval Latin penalis; Latin poenalis, from poena; Ancient Greek poinē

Evidence

nonpenal, penal, penality, penalization, penalize, penalized, penalizes, penalizing, penally, penalties, penalty, penologic, penological, penologist, penologists, penology, postpenal

Notes

penance and penitence are doublets

See Also

Pain

Homographs

Pen(e) [Pene, Pen], Pene, Pene, P(a)en(e) [Paen, Pene, Pen]

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