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Where does “panhandle” come from?

Panhandle derives from English pan- combined with English handle, with pan- coming from Latin pannus meaning cloth, though the semantic development remains unclear.

panhandle (English): The handle of a pan; On a map, any arm or...

Definitions

  1. The handle of a pan; On a map, any arm or...

Ancestry of “panhandle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishPANAcronym of primary account number; Acronym of...
2EnglishpantographA mechanical linkage based on parallelograms...
3Frenchpantographepantograph
4French-graphe-graph; -grapher
5Latin-graphus—
6Ancient Greek-γράφοςwriter, painter
7Ancient Greekγράφωto scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to...
8Proto-Hellenicgrəpʰōto scratch, cut or carve into; to draw ,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeangerbʰ-to carve
10Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
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