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Where does “dépannage” come from?

dépannage (French) comes from French dépanner, from French panne, from Old French panne, from Latin panna, from Latin patīna, from Ancient Greek πατάνη, from Proto-Indo-European pet-ano, from Proto-Indo-European pete- — inflection of *tъ: ## feminine singular ##...

dépannage (French): troubleshooting, fixing, repairing

Definitions

  1. troubleshooting, fixing, repairing

Ancestry of “dépannage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdépannerto fix, repair; to help out; to tide over
2Frenchpanneplush velvet; breakdown; purlin
3Old Frenchpannea fur lining; a warp resulting from such a...
4Latinpannabroad cooking vessel; frying pan; pan
5Latinpatīna—
6Ancient Greekπατάνηkind of flat dish
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpet-ano—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpete-to spread, stretch out
9Proto-Finnicete-—
10Serbo-Croatiantẹ́—
11Proto-Slavictainflection of *tъ: ## feminine singular ##...
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