Where does “付費牆” come from?

付費牆 (Chinese) comes from English paywall, from English pay, from Middle English payen, from Old French paiier, from Medieval Latin pacare, from Latin pācāre, from Latin pāx, from Proto-Italic pāks — to join, to attach; agreement, settlement.

付費牆 (Chinese): paywall

Definitions

  1. paywall

Ancestry of “付費牆”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpaywallA feature of a website, application or service...
2EnglishpayTo give money or other compensation to in...
3Middle Englishpayenpagan
4Old Frenchpaiierto pay
5Medieval Latinpacareto settle, satisfy; present active infinitive of...
6Latinpācāre
7Latinpāxpeace
8Proto-Italicpākspeace
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpéh₂ḱ-speace
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ḱ-to join, to attach; agreement, settlement
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ḱ-
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