Where does “panser” come from?

panser (Danish) comes from Middle High German pantze, from Old French pancier, from French panse, from Old French pance, from Latin pantex — belly, paunch, guts.

panser (Danish): armor, armour; carapace, shell; cop, copper

Definitions

  1. armor, armour; carapace, shell; cop, copper

Ancestry of “panser”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanpantze—
2Old Frenchpancierarmor
3Frenchpansebelly; first-person singular present indicative...
4Old Frenchpancestomach; belly
5Latinpantexbelly, paunch, guts
Every word from Latin pantex →Every word from Old French pance →Every word from French panse →