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Where does “paz” come from?

paz (Breton) comes from Old French pas, from Latin pāstus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

paz (Breton): cough; fart; pace, step

Definitions

  1. cough; fart; pace, step

Ancestry of “paz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpaspace; step; Alternative form of past
2Latinpāstus—
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →