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Where does “pawjō” come from?

pawjō (Proto-Italic) comes from Proto-Indo-European paw- — strike; to strike.

Ancestry of “pawjō”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanpaw-strike; to strike

Words derived from “pawjō”

  • pavement
  • paving
  • pave
  • paver
  • paven
  • pavé
  • repave
  • pavemented
  • pavest
  • pavementlike
  • paveth
  • pavementless
  • impave
  • depave
  • repaver
  • paveside
  • pavio
  • pavire
  • pavare
  • pavimento
  • pavimentum
  • pavimentare
  • paviens
  • paviturus
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