Where does “pagar” come from?

pagar (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish pagar, from Latin pācō, from Latin pāx, from Proto-Italic pāks, from Proto-Indo-European péh₂ḱ-s, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ḱ- — to join, to attach; agreement, settlement.

pagar (Spanish): to pay; to pay for

Definitions

  1. to pay; to pay for

Ancestry of “pagar”, step by step

pagar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Spanish pagar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishpagar
2Latinpācōto make peaceful, pacify, quiet, soothe; subdue
3Latinpāxpeace
4Proto-Italicpākspeace
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpéh₂ḱ-speace
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ḱ-to join, to attach; agreement, settlement

via Latin pācāre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpācāre
2Latinsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanDerives nouns from roots

Words derived from “pagar

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ḱ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European péh₂ḱ-sEvery word from Proto-Italic pāks
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