Where does “entrepà” come from?

entrepà (Catalan) comes from Catalan pa, from Old Occitan pan, from Latin pānis, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- — to protect; to shepherd.

entrepà (Catalan): sandwich

Definitions

  1. sandwich

Ancestry of “entrepà”, step by step

entrepà traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Catalan pa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanpabread
2Old Occitanpan—
3Latinpānisbread, loaf
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂-to protect; to shepherd

via Catalan entre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanentrebetween; among
2Latininterbetween, among; during, while
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁entérbetween
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁enin; in, inside
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- →Every word from Latin pānis →Every word from Old Occitan pan →