Where does “pa” come from?

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

pa (Catalan): bread

Definitions

  1. bread

Ancestry of “pa”, step by step

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

Words derived from “pa”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- →Every word from Latin pānis →Every word from Old Occitan pan →