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A given name in Taroko and Sediq
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Pain is a masculine given name documented in Taroko and Sediq.
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Pain— “countryman”
In opposition to this word comes that for the rustic, _Pagus_, signifying the country; the word that in Italian becomes _paese_, in Spanish _pais_, in French _pays_. The Gospel was first preached in the busy haunts of men, so that the earlier Christians were towns-folk, and the rustics long continued heathen; whence Paganus, once simply a countryman, became an idolater, a Pagan, and poetized into Paynim, was absolutely bestowed upon the Turks and Saracens in the middle ages.…
In opposition to this word comes that for the rustic, _Pagus_, signifying the country; the word that in Italian becomes _paese_, in Spanish _pais_, in French _pays_. The Gospel was first preached in the busy haunts of men, so that the earlier Christians were towns-folk, and the rustics long continued heathen; whence Paganus, once simply a countryman, became an idolater, a Pagan, and poetized into Paynim, was absolutely bestowed upon the Turks and Saracens in the middle ages. In the mean time, however, the rustic had come to be called _paesano_, _pays_, _paysan_, and _peasant_, independently of his religion; and Spain, in addition to her _payo_ (the countryman), had _paisano_ (the lover of his country); and either in the sense of habitation or patriotism, Pagano was erected into a Christian name in Italy, and Payen in France; whence England took Payne or Pain, still one of the most frequent surnames.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part IV, Chapter VI (Modern Names From The Latin), Section XIX (Town and Country) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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