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Where does “pantry” come from?

Pantry comes from Middle English panetrie, from Old French paneterie, from Latin panis meaning "bread" combined with the Latin suffix -arius denoting an agent or place.

pantry (English): A small room, closet, or cabinet usually located...

Definitions

  1. A small room, closet, or cabinet usually located...

Ancestry of “pantry”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishpanetrieA pantry; a storehouse or storage area, usually...
2Old Frenchpaneteriethe act of making bread; a storeroom for bread;...
3Old French-erieused to form feminine nouns
4Old French-ieindicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one
5Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
6Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
7Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
8Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “pantry”

  • pantryman
  • pantrylike
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