Where does “Paez” come from?

Paez (English) comes from Spanish Páez, from Galician Paio, from Latin Pelagius, from Ancient Greek πελάγιος, from Ancient Greek -ῐος, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

Paez (English): A Native American people inhabiting the southwestern highlands of Colombia

Definitions

  1. A Native American people inhabiting the southwestern highlands of Colombia

Ancestry of “Paez”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishPáez—
2GalicianPaioPelagio; Pelagius
3LatinPelagiuspelagian, pelagic (of or relating to the open sea)
4Ancient Greekπελάγιοςof the sea
5Ancient Greek-ῐοςbelonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to
6Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “Paez”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐος →Every word from Ancient Greek πελάγιος →