Where does “paventare” come from?

paventare (Italian) comes from Vulgar Latin paventare, from Latin pavento, from Latin pavens, from Latin paveo, from Proto-Italic pawēō, from Proto-Indo-European paw- — strike; to strike.

paventare (Italian): to dread; to fear; to dread; to shy

Definitions

  1. to dread; to fear; to dread; to shy

Ancestry of “paventare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinpaventare—
2Latinpaventothird-person plural future active imperative of...
3Latinpavenstrembling or quaking with fear; fearing, dreading
4LatinpaveoI am struck with fear, I am afraid or terrified;...
5Proto-Italicpawēō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpaw-strike; to strike

Words derived from “paventare”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European paw- →Every word from Proto-Italic pawēō →Every word from Latin paveo →
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