pagina
Pronunciation: [ˈpaː.ɡɪ.na]
“pagina” is a Latin word. Its 8 meanings in English:
noun
- a piece of writing
- a (bronze) plaque on the pedestal for statues listing the person's titles, offices and merits
- a legal document (charter, will)
- a rectangular subdivision of a vineyard
- the leaf of a door
- a pane, piece or side
- a pageant (usu. in a cycle of mystery plays, esp. as performed by guild of craftsmen)
- a stage for its performance
In Latin
- cancelli vitibus (raro)
- scheda sive charta, inscribendum esse, consistens ex papyro, et cetera.
- minima pars interretis in hypertexto scripta
Etymology
A full-grade nominal formation from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ- (“to fasten, fix”), perhaps from “papyrus sheets fastened to each other” or from “fastening/imprinting letters”; see -nus. See also pangō (“to insert firmly, to fix”).
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