Where does “pain de mie” come from?
pain de mie (English) comes from French pain de mie, from French pain, from Italian pane, from Spanish PAN, from Old Spanish pan, from Latin pānis, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- — to protect; to shepherd.
pain de mie (English): A type of soft bread made with sugar, with both a...
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- A type of soft bread made with sugar, with both a...
Ancestry of “pain de mie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | pain de mie | pain de mie |
| 2 | French | pain | bread; piece of bread; food |
| 3 | Italian | pane | bread; block |
| 4 | Spanish | PAN | — |
| 5 | Old Spanish | pan | — |
| 6 | Latin | pānis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂- | to protect; to shepherd |