Where does “payo” come from?

payo (Spanish) comes from Spanish Pelayo, from Latin Pelagius, from Ancient Greek πελάγιος, from Ancient Greek -ῐος, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

payo (Spanish): non-Romani person; non-Romani person; gadjo

Definitions

  1. non-Romani person; non-Romani person; gadjo

Ancestry of “payo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishPelayo—
2LatinPelagiuspelagian, pelagic (of or relating to the open sea)
3Ancient Greekπελάγιοςof the sea
4Ancient Greek-ῐοςbelonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to
5Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “payo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐος →Every word from Ancient Greek πελάγιος →