Where does “փեյջեր” come from?
փեյջեր (Armenian) comes from English pager, from English page, from French page, from Italian paggio, from Old French page, from Late Latin pagius, from Ancient Greek παιδίον, from Ancient Greek παῖς — few, little; smallness.
փեյջեր (Armenian): pager
Ancestry of “փեյջեր”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | pager | A wireless telecommunications device that... |
| 2 | English | page | One of the many pieces of paper bound together... |
| 3 | French | page | page; page, web page; page, page boy |
| 4 | Italian | paggio | page; pageboy |
| 5 | Old French | page | page |
| 6 | Late Latin | pagius | servant; Servant |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | παιδίον | little child, young child |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | παῖς | child, son, daughter; young person, child, boy,... |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | pā́wits | child |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | péh₂wids | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂w- | few, little; smallness |