English
Padua
Padua comes from Venetan Padoa, and goes back to Latin Patavium.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEPatavium
- VenetanmodernPadoa
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500Padua
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEPatavium
- VenetanmodernPadoa
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500Padua
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Latin pateo ‘to increase or extend (frontiers)’
Today it means
name A province of Veneto, Italy.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin Patavium / Padua