pignus

Latin

noun

Definitions

pledge, mortgage
hostage
wager, stake

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *peyǵ- (evil-minded, treacherous, bad, hostile, ill-meaning).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*peyǵ-

Gloss

evil-minded, treacherous, bad, hostile, ill-meaning

Concept

Semantic Field

Emotions and values

Ontological Category

Property

`Kanji`

悪

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

pignistic English
pignus English
pigeo Latin
piger Latin
piget Latin
pegno Italian
peño Spanish, Castilian
*peyǵ- Proto-Indo-European
*fikōną Proto-Germanic
peng Albanian
*pangi Proto-Albanian