Where does “pagination” come from?

Pagination comes from French pagination, derived from Latin pagina meaning "page" and the Latin suffix -atio, ultimately tracing to Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ-.

pagination (English): The act of creating pages for a document, book,...

Definitions

  1. The act of creating pages for a document, book,...

Ancestry of “pagination”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpaginationpagination
2Latinpāginaa written page, leaf, sheet
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ǵ-to attach

Words derived from “pagination”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ- →Every word from Latin pāgina →Every word from French pagination →