Where does “steelpan” come from?
steelpan (Dutch) comes from Dutch pan, from Middle Dutch panne, from Old Dutch panna, from Proto-West Germanic pannā, from Proto-Germanic pannǭ, from Latin panna, from Latin patīna, from Ancient Greek πατάνη — inflection of *tъ: ## feminine singular ##...
steelpan (Dutch): deep pan or pot with a handle; steelpan, steel...
Definitions
- deep pan or pot with a handle; steelpan, steel...
Ancestry of “steelpan”, step by step
steelpan traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch pan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | pan | pan, especially for cooking; cooking pot |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | panne | pan; firepan; roof tile |
| 3 | Old Dutch | panna | pan |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | pannā | pan |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | pannǭ | pan |
| 6 | Latin | panna | broad cooking vessel; frying pan; pan |
| 7 | Latin | patīna | A broad, shallow dish, a pan, stewpan |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πατάνη | kind of flat dish |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pet-ano | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pete- | to spread, stretch out |
| 11 | Proto-Finnic | ete- | — |
| 12 | Serbo-Croatian | tẹ́ | of you |
| 13 | Proto-Slavic | ta | inflection of *tъ: ## feminine singular ##... |
via English steelpan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | steelpan | A percussion instrument consisting of a drum made... |
| 2 | English | steel | An artificial metal produced from iron, harder... |
| 3 | English | -ville | Used to form a name of an inhabited place, a town... |
| 4 | French | ville | town, city |
| 5 | Middle French | ville | city or town |
| 6 | Old French | ville | city or town |
| 7 | Latin | vīlla | country house; villa |
| 8 | Latin | vetera | the old; old times, ancient times, antiquity |
| 9 | Latin | vetus | old, aged, elderly, ancient; long-standing;... |
| 10 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |