Where does “pan” come from?
pan (Galician) comes from Old Occitan pan, from Latin pānis, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- — to protect; to shepherd.
pan (Galician): bread; a piece of bread; grain, corn, cereal
Definitions
- bread; a piece of bread; grain, corn, cereal
Ancestry of “pan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Occitan | pan | — |
| 2 | Latin | pānis | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂- | to protect; to shepherd |