The story
- Latin · derived frompāvō, pāvōnis“peacock, peafowl”
- English todaypavonia
From oblique stem of Latin pāvō, pāvōnis (“peacock, peafowl”) + -ia, named after Spanish physician and botanist José Antonio Pavón Jiménez, with Spanish Pavón ultimately from Latin pāvō.
Words from the same roots
Latinpāvō all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.