Where does “paun” come from?
paun (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Italian pavone, from Spanish pavón, from Latin pāvōnem.
Ancestry of “paun”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | pavone | peacock, peafowl |
| 2 | Spanish | pavón | peacock; moth of the genus Saturnia |
| 3 | Latin | pāvōnem | — |
Words derived from “paun”