Where does “paco” come from?
paco (Pali) comes from Pali pacati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian páčati, from Proto-Indo-European pékʷeti, from Proto-Indo-European pekʷ-, from Proto-Indo-European h₃-ép-kʷ-.
paco (Pali): second-person singular imperfect active of pacati
Definitions
- second-person singular imperfect active of pacati
Ancestry of “paco”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Pali | pacati | to cook; masculine/neuter locative singular of... |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | páčati | to cook |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | pékʷeti | to be cooking; to ripen |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | pekʷ- | to cook; to ripen |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃-ép-kʷ- | — |