Where does “pagelist” come from?
pagelist (English) comes 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, from Proto-Hellenic pā́wits — few, little; smallness.
pagelist (English): A list of pages
Definitions
- A list of pages
Ancestry of “pagelist”, step by step
pagelist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English page
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | page | One of the many pieces of paper bound together... |
| 2 | French | page | page; page, web page; page, page boy |
| 3 | Italian | paggio | page; pageboy |
| 4 | Old French | page | page one face of a sheet of paper or similar material |
| 5 | Late Latin | pagius | servant; Servant |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | παιδίον | little child, young child |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | παῖς | child, son, daughter; young person, child, boy,... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | pā́wits | child |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | péh₂wids | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂w- | few, little; smallness |