Where does “pain de mie” come from?

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

pain de mie (French): pain de mie a type of sandwich loaf bread of French origin

Definitions

pain de mie a type of sandwich loaf bread of French origin

Ancestry of “pain de mie”, step by step

pain de mie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French pain

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	pain	bread; piece of bread; food
2	Italian	pane	bread; block
3	Spanish	PAN	bread
4	Old Spanish	pan	bread
5	Latin	pānis	bread, loaf
6	Proto-Indo-European	peh₂-	to protect; to shepherd

via French mie

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	mie	crumb
2	Old French	mie	crumb; not
3	Latin	mīca	a grain, crumb
4	Proto-Italic	smīkā	—
5	Proto-Indo-European	smēyg-	small, delicate, thin; twig, pole; crumb; small,...
6	Proto-Indo-European	smē-	to rub; smear

Words derived from “pain de mie”

pain de mie

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- →Every word from Latin pānis →Every word from Old Spanish pan →