Where does “sous-payé” come from?
sous-payé (French) comes from French payé, from French payer, from Middle French payer, from Old French paiier, from Medieval Latin pacare, from Latin pācāre, from Latin pāx, from Proto-Italic pāks — to join, to attach; agreement, settlement.
sous-payé (French): underpaid
Ancestry of “sous-payé”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | payé | past participle of payer |
| 2 | French | payer | to pay; pay for; to pay off |
| 3 | Middle French | payer | to pay |
| 4 | Old French | paiier | to pay |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | pacare | to settle, satisfy; present active infinitive of... |
| 6 | Latin | pācāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | pāx | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | pāks | peace |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | péh₂ḱ-s | peace |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂ḱ- | to join, to attach; agreement, settlement |