país
Spanish
noun
Definitions
- country the territory of a nation
- country, land a set region of land having particular human occupation or agreed limits
Etymology
Borrowed from French pays (country, land) derived from Old French païs derived from Latin pagensis, pāgus (district, village, country, countryside, province) suffix from Spanish, Castilian pago (payment).
Origin
Spanish
pago
Gloss
payment
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- malpais English
- pagus English
- *pagenses Latin
- pagatim Latin
- pagensis Latin
- pagus Latin
- pāgus Latin
- pāgēnsis Latin
- paesaggio Italian
- paese Italian
- paesello Italian
- paesista Italian
- paesone Italian
- paesucolo Italian
- Pays-Bas French
- arrière-pays French
- pays French
- paysage French
- antepaís Spanish, Castilian
- apaisado Spanish, Castilian
- impago Spanish, Castilian
- mal Spanish, Castilian
- malpaís Spanish, Castilian
- pagano Spanish, Castilian
- pago Spanish, Castilian
- paisaje Spanish, Castilian
- paisajismo Spanish, Castilian
- paisucho Spanish, Castilian
- πᾶγος Ancient Greek
- *peh₂ǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- país Portuguese
- -enc Old French
- pais Old French
- païs Old French
- pago Esperanto
- país Catalan, Valencian
- país Galician
- pau Welsh
- pays Norman
- pays Middle French
- país Occitan
- paîs Friulian
- pais Papiamentu
- paiš Dalmatian
- peyi Haitian, Haitian Creole
- país Kabuverdianu
- paeje Ladin
- pais Istriot
- pago Chavacano
- poaiyis Picard