Where does “Pavia” come from?

Pavia (Tagalog) comes from Italian Pavia, from Latin Papia, from Portuguese papear, from Portuguese papo, from Portuguese papar, from Old Portuguese papar, from Latin pappo — I eat, eat pap.

Ancestry of “Pavia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianPavia
2LatinPapia
3Portuguesepapearto chat, to chatter, to babble
4Portuguesepapocrop; stomach; goitre
5Portuguesepaparto eat
6Old Portuguesepapar
7LatinpappoI eat, eat pap
Every word from Latin pappo