Where does “pava” come from?
pava (Romanian) comes from French paver, from Old French paver, from Vulgar Latin pavare, from Latin pavio, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂w- — few, little; smallness.
pava (Romanian): to pave
Ancestry of “pava”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | paver | to cobble, to pave with cobblestones or something... |
| 2 | Old French | paver | to pave, to cover |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | pavare | to beat down, to smash |
| 4 | Latin | pavio | I beat, strike; I ram; I tread down |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂w- | few, little; smallness |