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
1	French	pain de mie	pain de mie a type of sandwich loaf bread of French origin
2	French	pain	bread; piece of bread; food
3	Italian	pane	bread; block
4	Spanish	PAN	bread
5	Old Spanish	pan	bread
6	Latin	pānis	bread, loaf
7	Proto-Indo-European	peh₂-	to protect; to shepherd

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- →Every word from Latin pānis →Every word from Old Spanish pan →