pun
penalty, punishment
Latin · poena / punire
Pun comes from Latin poena, penalty, and punire, to punish. Punish means to give a penalty, punishment is the penalty itself, and punitive means meant to punish.
Memory trick
Pun sounds like 'pun'ish: a penalty that is not funny.
Words from this root
- punish (pun + ish) — to give a penaltyसज़ा देना
- punishable (pun + ish + able) — deserving a penaltyदंडनीय
- punishment (pun + ish + ment) — penalty for a wrongदंड, सज़ा
- nonpunishable (non + pun + ish + able) — not deserving a penaltyजो दंडनीय न हो
- punitive (pun + itive) — meant to punishदंड देने के उद्देश्य वाला
- punitively (pun + itive + ly) — in a way meant to punishदंडात्मक ढंग से
- punitiveness (pun + itive + ness) — tendency to punishदंड देने की प्रवृत्ति