Where does “sous-payer” come from?

sous-payer (French) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European péh₂ḱ-s — to join, to attach; agreement, settlement.

sous-payer (French): to underpay

Definitions

  1. to underpay

Ancestry of “sous-payer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpayerto pay; pay for; to pay off
2Middle Frenchpayerto pay
3Old Frenchpaiierto pay
4Medieval Latinpacareto settle, satisfy; present active infinitive of...
5Latinpācāre
6Latinpāxpeace
7Proto-Italicpākspeace
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpéh₂ḱ-speace
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ḱ-to join, to attach; agreement, settlement
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ḱ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European péh₂ḱ-sEvery word from Proto-Italic pāks