Where does “pagarci” come from?

pagarci (Italian) comes from Italian pagare, from Italian pacare, from Latin pācāre, from Latin pāx, from Proto-Italic pāks, from Proto-Indo-European péh₂ḱ-s, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ḱ- — to join, to attach; agreement, settlement.

Ancestry of “pagarci”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpagareto pay
2Italianpacareto calm or calm down
3Latinpācāre
4Latinpāxpeace
5Proto-Italicpākspeace
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpéh₂ḱ-speace
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ḱ-to join, to attach; agreement, settlement
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ḱ-