Etymology of the French word paon
the French word
paonderived from the Latin word
pavonemderived from the Latin word
pavo (peacock)
Date
The earliest known usage of paon in French dates from the 12th century.
Derivations in French
paonneau,
paonner,
œil-de-paonCognates
Catalan
pago, Dutch
pauw, English
peacock, German
Pfau, Icelandic
páfugl, Italian
pavone, Lithuanian
povas, Polish
paw, Portuguese
pavão, Provençal
pao, Russian
павa, Swedish
pofogel
