Where does “pavest” come from?
pavest (English) comes from Latvian pāvests, from English pawest, from Middle Low German pāwes, from Old French papes, from Latin papa, from Ancient Greek παπᾶς, from Old Norse súla, from Proto-Germanic sūliz — to scrape, shave, sharpen.
pavest (English): second-person singular simple present form of...
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Ancestry of “pavest”, step by step
pavest traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latvian pāvests
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latvian | pāvests | Pope the bishop of Rome, the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Vatican City State |
| 2 | English | pawest | second-person singular simple present form of paw |
| 3 | Middle Low German | pāwes | — |
| 4 | Old French | papes | — |
| 5 | Latin | papa | an infant's cry for food; father; bishop |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | παπᾶς | priest |
| 7 | Old Norse | súla | pillar, column |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | sūliz | beam, post; column, pillar |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱsewl- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱsew- | to scrape, shave, sharpen |