Where does “paġna” come from?
paġna (Maltese) comes from Italian pagina, from Latin pāgina, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ- — to attach.
paġna (Maltese): page
Ancestry of “paġna”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | pagina | page; third-person singular present indicative of... |
| 2 | Latin | pāgina | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂ǵ- | to attach |