Where does “pana” come from?
pana (French) comes from French paner, 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.
pana (French): third-person singular past historic of paner
Definitions
- third-person singular past historic of paner
Ancestry of “pana”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | paner | to bread |
| 2 | French | pain | bread; piece of bread; food |
| 3 | Italian | pane | bread; block |
| 4 | Spanish | PAN | — |
| 5 | Old Spanish | pan | — |
| 6 | Latin | pānis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂- | to protect; to shepherd |