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Where does “pavilo” come from?

pavilo (Old Spanish) comes from Vulgar Latin *papīlum, from Latin papȳrus, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā.

Ancestry of “pavilo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latin*papīlum—
2Latinpapȳrus—
3French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
4French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
5Middle French-é—
6Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
7Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
8Proto-Italic-ā—
9Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
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