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Where does “pā́wits” come from?

pā́wits (Proto-Hellenic) comes from Proto-Indo-European péh₂wids, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂w- — few, little; smallness.

pā́wits (Proto-Hellenic): child

Definitions

  1. child

Ancestry of “pā́wits”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanpéh₂wids—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂w-few, little; smallness

Words derived from “pā́wits”

  • pedagogy
  • pedagogical
  • pediatric
  • Wikipedia
  • encyclopedia
  • pedantic
  • pediatrician
  • pedagogic
  • pedantry
  • pedagogue
  • pedant
  • pediatrics
  • pedophilia
  • pedagogically
  • pedophile
  • pederasty
  • paideia
  • pedantically
  • paediatrics
  • pedogenic
  • propaedeutic
  • pedogenesis
  • pedophilic
  • pederastic
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