Where does “paź” come from?
paź (Polish) comes from French page, from Italian paggio, from Old French page, from Late Latin pagius, from Ancient Greek παιδίον, from Ancient Greek παῖς, from Proto-Hellenic pā́wits, from Proto-Indo-European péh₂wids — few, little; smallness.
paź (Polish): page, pageboy
Definitions
- page, pageboy
Ancestry of “paź”, step by step
paź traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French page
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | page | page; page, web page; page, page boy |
| 2 | Italian | paggio | page; pageboy |
| 3 | Old French | page | page one face of a sheet of paper or similar material |
| 4 | Late Latin | pagius | servant; Servant |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | παιδίον | little child, young child |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | παῖς | child, son, daughter; young person, child, boy,... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | pā́wits | child |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | péh₂wids | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂w- | few, little; smallness |
via Polish Październik
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | Październik | October |
| 2 | Polish | -nik | -er |
| 3 | Old Polish | -nik | forms masculine nouns referring to a performer of some action, sometimes a device |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -nikъ | From the deverbial noun stem of imperfect verbs,... |