Where does “lunchpail” come from?
lunchpail (English) comes from English lunch pail, from English pail, from Middle English payle, from Old French paielle, from Latin patella, from Latin patīna, from Ancient Greek πατάνη, from Proto-Indo-European pet-ano — inflection of *tъ: ## feminine singular ##...
lunchpail (English): Alternative spelling of lunch pail
Definitions
- Alternative spelling of lunch pail
Ancestry of “lunchpail”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lunch pail | A lunchbox |
| 2 | English | pail | A vessel of wood, tin, plastic, etc., usually... |
| 3 | Middle English | payle | A pail or bucket; a roughly cylindrical... |
| 4 | Old French | paielle | pan, cooking vessel, liquid measure |
| 5 | Latin | patella | a small or shallow pan or dish; the kneecap,... |
| 6 | Latin | patīna | A broad, shallow dish, a pan, stewpan |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πατάνη | kind of flat dish |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pet-ano | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pete- | to spread, stretch out |
| 10 | Proto-Finnic | ete- | — |
| 11 | Serbo-Croatian | tẹ́ | of you |
| 12 | Proto-Slavic | ta | inflection of *tъ: ## feminine singular ##... |