Where does “pan” come from?

pan (Chavacano) comes from Spanish PAN, from Old Spanish pan, from Latin pānis, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- — to protect; to shepherd.

pan (Chavacano): bread

Definitions

  1. bread

Ancestry of “pan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishPANbread
2Old Spanishpanbread
3Latinpānisbread, loaf
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂-to protect; to shepherd
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- →