"punishment" in seven languages

Meaningpunishment

Spanish

castigo

/kasˈtiɡo/

masc.other source · castigar, from Latin CASTĪGĀRE 'to correct, chastise'

Punición exists only in legal or formal texts.

French

punition

/pynisjɔ̃/

fem.learned

Italian

punizione

/punitˈtsjone/

fem.learned

In football, a punizione is a free kick.

Portuguese

castigo

/kasˈtʃigu/

masc.other source · castigar, from Latin CASTĪGĀRE 'to chasten'

Romanian

pedeapsă

/peˈde̯apsə/

fem.other source · pedepsi 'to punish', from Greek paideúō 'to bring up, discipline'

Catalan

càstig

/ˈkastik/

masc.other source · castigar, from Latin CASTĪGĀRE 'to chasten'

English

punishment

/ˈpʌnɪʃmənt/

from Latin/French · Anglo-French punissement, from punir (Latin PŪNĪRE)

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The Latin ancestor

PŪNĪTIŌNEM‘punishment (PŪNĪRE 'to punish')’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

French and Italian use the learned PŪNĪTIŌNEM. Spanish castigo comes from CASTĪGĀRE 'to make pure, correct', the source of English chastise.

English relatives: punish, punitive, impunity