Where does “pageantry” come from?

Pageantry comes from English pageant, from Latin pagina meaning "page or leaf," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ- meaning "to fasten or fix."

pageantry (English): A pageant; a colourful show or display, as in a...

Definitions

  1. A pageant; a colourful show or display, as in a...

Ancestry of “pageantry”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpageantAn elaborate public display, especially a parade...
2Middle EnglishpagentA mystery play
3Medieval Latinpagina—
4Latinpāginaa written page, leaf, sheet
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ǵ-to attach
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ- →