Where does “pavo” come from?
pavo (Esperanto) comes from Yiddish פּאַווע, from Old High German pfāwo, from Proto-Germanic pāwô, from Latin pāvō, from Ancient Greek ταώς — peacock; type of fish.
pavo (Esperanto): peafowl; peacock
Ancestry of “pavo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Yiddish | פּאַווע | peafowl, peacock, peahen |
| 2 | Old High German | pfāwo | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | pāwô | peacock, peafowl |
| 4 | Latin | pāvō | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ταώς | peacock; type of fish |
Words derived from “pavo”