Where does “pagare” come from?

pagare (Italian) comes 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.

pagare (Italian): to pay

Definitions

  1. to pay

Ancestry of “pagare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpacareto calm or calm down
2Latinpācāre—
3Latinpāxpeace
4Proto-Italicpākspeace
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpéh₂ḱ-speace
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ḱ-to join, to attach; agreement, settlement

Words derived from “pagare”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ḱ- →