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Where does “paio” come from?

paio (Italian) comes from Italian paia, from Latin paria, from Latin par, from Proto-Indo-European per — around; through.

paio (Italian): pair; first-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. pair; first-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “paio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpaiaplural of paio; first-person second-person...
2Latinparianominative neuter plural of pār; accusative...
3Latinpareven; equal; like
4Proto-Indo-Europeanperaround; through

Words derived from “paio”

  • spaiamento
  • paia
  • paio
  • spaiare
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