Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo cover something with paving slabs. · To cover with stone, concrete, blacktop or other solid covering, especially to aid travel. · To pave the way for; to make easy and smooth.
From Old French paver (“to pave, to cover”), from Vulgar Latin *pavāre (“to beat down, to smash”), from Latin pavīre (“to beat, strike, ram, tread down”).
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