Where does “stewpan” come from?
Stewpan comes from English steward and English pan, with steward deriving from Latin pannus and English pan from Latin penna or pinna.
stewpan (English): A saucepan used for stewing
Definitions
- A saucepan used for stewing
Ancestry of “stewpan”, step by step
stewpan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English stew
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | stew | A cooking-dish used for boiling; a cauldron; A... |
| 2 | English | steward | A person who manages the property or affairs for... |
| 3 | Middle English | steward | The administrator of a household or estate especially noble or monarchical |
| 4 | Old English | stiġweard | steward |
| 5 | Old English | weard | guard; guard, the action of looking out for... |
| 6 | Old English | ōra | ore, unwrought metal |
| 7 | Old English | ēar | sea, ocean; grave, earth |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | ahaz | ear |
| 9 | Proto-Finnic | ahtas | narrow, cramped |
| 10 | Proto-Baltic | anśtas | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énǵʰus | narrow, tight |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂enǵʰ- | to constrict, tighten, compress; narrow, tight;... |
via English PAN
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | PAN | Acronym of primary account number; Acronym of... |
| 2 | English | pantograph | A mechanical linkage based on parallelograms... |
| 3 | French | pantographe | pantograph |
| 4 | French | -graphe | -graph; -grapher |
| 5 | Latin | -graphus | graph |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -γράφος | writer, painter |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | γράφω | to scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | grəpʰō | to scratch, cut or carve into |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |