Where does “strapagare” come from?

strapagare (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.

strapagare (Italian): to overpay

Definitions

  1. to overpay

Ancestry of “strapagare”, 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- →