Where does “pago” come from?

pago (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.

pago (Italian): contented; pagus; pay, fee

Definitions

  1. contented; pagus; pay, fee

Ancestry of “pago”, step by step

pago traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian pagare

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

via Latin pāgus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpāgusdistrict, canton, region
2Proto-Italicpāgos—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ǵos—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ḱ- →