Where does “pavé” come from?
pavé (Spanish) comes from French pavé, from French paver, from Old French paver, from Vulgar Latin pavare, from Latin pavio, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂w- — few, little; smallness.
pavé (Spanish): cobblestone street
Definitions
- cobblestone street
Ancestry of “pavé”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | pavé | cobblestone; cobblestone street; parallelepiped |
| 2 | French | paver | to cobble, to pave with cobblestones or something... |
| 3 | Old French | paver | to pave, to cover |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | pavare | to beat down, to smash |
| 5 | Latin | pavio | I beat, strike; I ram; I tread down |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂w- | few, little; smallness |