painstaking
English
/ˈpeɪnˌsteɪkɪŋ/, /ˈpeɪnzˌteɪkɪŋ/
adj
Definitions
- Carefully attentive to details; diligent in performing a process or procedure.
Etymology
Compound from English pains + English taking root from Proto-Indo-European *kʷey- (pay, pile up, honor, value, build, stow, avenge, observe, gather, pile).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kʷey-
Gloss
pay, pile up, honor, value, build, stow, avenge, observe, gather, pile
Concept
Semantic Field
Possession
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- breathtaking English
- bribetaking English
- caretaking English
- drugtaking English
- furtaking English
- gaintaking English
- impunity English
- notetaking English
- oathtaking English
- painlessly English
- painlessness English
- pains English
- painstaker English
- painstakingly English
- painstakingness English
- painsworthy English
- penalization English
- penalize English
- penologic English
- penological English
- penologically English
- penologist English
- prize-taking English
- punishability English
- punishable English
- punisher English
- punitive English
- punitively English
- repinement English
- repiner English
- repiningly English
- stocktaking English
- taking English
- takingly English
- takingness English
- unpainstaking English
- unrepining English
- unrepiningly English
- poena Latin
- puniō Latin
- Τιμάνθης Ancient Greek
- Τιμοκρέων Ancient Greek
- Τιμολέων Ancient Greek
- Τιμοσθένης Ancient Greek
- Τιμοφάνης Ancient Greek
- Τιμόθεος Ancient Greek
- Τισίας Ancient Greek
- Τισαμενός Ancient Greek
- ποινή Ancient Greek
- τίμημα Ancient Greek
- τίνω Ancient Greek
- τίω Ancient Greek
- τιμάω Ancient Greek
- φιλότιμος Ancient Greek
- Ἀριστότιμος Ancient Greek
- *kʷes- Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷey Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷey- Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷi-meh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷoynéh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷéytis Proto-Indo-European
- *hwajją Proto-Germanic
- pīnian Old English
- चिता Sanskrit
- paynful Middle English
- paynles Middle English
- peinfully Middle English
- sub pena Middle English
- *kàjati Proto-Slavic
- punissement Old French
- pénalité Middle French
- *hwai gmw-pro
- *ad-kʷis-o- Proto-Celtic
- *kʷinuss Proto-Celtic
- *poiwéō Proto-Hellenic
- pains
- taking
- repiner
- takingly
- penalize
- impunity
- punitive
- punisher
- furtaking
- penologic
- repinement
- notetaking
- unrepining
- punitively
- oathtaking
- repiningly
- drugtaking
- punishable
- painstaker
- gaintaking
- penologist
- takingness
- caretaking
- painlessly
- painsworthy
- penological
- bribetaking
- stocktaking
- unrepiningly
- prize-taking
- painlessness
- penalization
- breathtaking
- punishability
- painstakingly
- penologically
- unpainstaking
- painstakingness