Where does “pafán” come from?
pafán (Welsh) comes from English pavane, from French pavane, from Italian pavana, from Italian padovana, from Italian padovano, from Italian -ano, from Latin -ant, from Proto-Italic -āō — he, she.
pafán (Welsh): pavane
Ancestry of “pafán”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | pavane | A musical style characteristic of the 16th and... |
| 2 | French | pavane | pavane |
| 3 | Italian | pavana | — |
| 4 | Italian | padovana | feminine singular of padovano; female equivalent... |
| 5 | Italian | padovano | Of, or from, Padua; A native or inhabitant of... |
| 6 | Italian | -ano | Used with a stem to form the third-person plural... |
| 7 | Latin | -ant | third-person plural present active indicative of... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |