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Origin and history of pave

pave(v.)

early 14c., paven, "to cover (a street) with blocks of stone, tiles, or similar hard material set regularly and firmly in place," from Old French paver "to pave" (12c.), perhaps a back-formation from Old French pavement or else from Vulgar Latin *pavare, from Latin pavire "to beat, ram, tread down," from PIE root *pau- (2) "to cut, strike, stamp." Related: Paved; paving. The figurative sense of "make smooth or easy" (in pave the way "prepare the way for something to come") is attested from 1580s.

also from early 14c.

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paver(n.)

late 15c. (late 13c. as a surname), "one who lays pavement," agent noun from pave (v.). From 1690s as "slab or brick used for paving."

unpaved(adj.)

"not covered with paving," 1530s, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of pave (v.).

*pau-(2)

Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to cut, strike, stamp."

It might form all or part of: account; amputate; amputation; anapest; berate; compute; count (v.); depute; deputy; dispute; impute; pave; pavement; pit (n.1) "hole, cavity;" putative; rate (v.1) "to scold;" reputation; repute.

It might also be the source of: Latin pavire "to beat, ram, tread down," putare "to prune;" Greek paiein "to strike;" Lithuanian pjauti "to cut," pjūklas "saw."

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