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pagus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.02 in modern English

Syllables
pa-gus
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A country district with scattered hamlets.

noun

The fortified centre of such a district.

noun

Among the early Teutons, a division of the territory larger than a village, like a wapentake or hundred.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-der. Proto-Italic *pāgos Latin pāgusbor. English pagus Borrowed from Latin pāgus.

Inflected Forms

pagi (plural)

Questions

What does pagus mean?
A country district with scattered hamlets.
Where does pagus come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-der. Proto-Italic *pāgos Latin pāgusbor. English pagus Borrowed from Latin pāgus.

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