Where does “pannum” come from?

pannum (English) comes from Italian pane, from Spanish PAN, from Old Spanish pan, from Latin pānis, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- — to protect; to shepherd.

pannum (English): Bread; food

Definitions

  1. Bread; food

Ancestry of “pannum”, step by step

pannum traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian pane

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpanebread; block
2SpanishPANbread
3Old Spanishpanbread
4Latinpānisbread, loaf
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂-to protect; to shepherd

via Latin pānem

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpānem—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- →Every word from Latin pānis →Every word from Old Spanish pan →