Where does “paving” come from?
Paving comes from English pave, from Old French paver, from Latin pavare and pavire, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European paw-.
paving (English): present participle of pave; The hard durable...
Definitions
- present participle of pave; The hard durable...
Ancestry of “paving”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | pave | To cover something with paving slabs; To cover... |
| 2 | Old French | paver | to pave, to cover |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | pavare | to beat down, to smash |
| 4 | Latin | pavio | I beat, strike; I ram; I tread down |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂w- | few, little; smallness |
Words derived from “paving”