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According to Beekes, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)penh₁- (to weave, to twist). Cognate with Ancient Greek πένομαι (pénomai, to exert oneself), Proto-Germanic *spinnaną (to spin) and Lithuanian pìnti (to twist).

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πόνος (pónosm (genitive πόνου); second declension

  1. labor, work, especially hard work; toil
    • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Ajax 866:
      πόνος πόνῳ πόνον φέρει
      pónos pónōi pónon phérei
      Toil brings toil through toil.
  2. bodily exertion, exercise
  3. work, task, business
  4. the consequence of toil, distress, trouble, suffering
  5. anything produced by work, a work

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From Ancient Greek πόνος (pónos).

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πόνος (pónosm (plural πόνοι)

  1. (medicine) pain, ache

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