penaltyyoudaoicibaDictYouDict[penalty 词源字典]
penalty: see pain
[penalty etymology, penalty origin, 英语词源]
penalty (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
mid-15c., from Middle French penalité and directly from Medieval Latin poenalitatem (nominative poenalitas), from Latin poenalis (see penal). The sporting sense is first recorded 1885. Ice hockey penalty box attested by 1931.