Where does “paver” come from?

paver (French) comes from Old French paver, from Vulgar Latin pavare, from Latin pavio, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂w- — few, little; smallness.

paver (French): to cobble, to pave with cobblestones or something...

Definitions

  1. to cobble, to pave with cobblestones or something...

Ancestry of “paver”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpaverto pave, to cover
2Vulgar Latinpavareto beat down, to smash
3LatinpavioI beat, strike; I ram; I tread down
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂w-few, little; smallness

Words derived from “paver

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂w-