Where does “Pardon” come from?

Pardon (German) comes from French pardon, from French pardonner, from Old French pardoner, from Late Latin perdono.

Pardon (German): quarter decision not to kill a captured enemy

Definitions

  1. quarter decision not to kill a captured enemy

Ancestry of “Pardon”, step by step

Pardon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French pardon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpardonexcuse me; sorry; pardon, forgiveness
2Frenchpardonnerto pardon, forgive; to excuse
3Old Frenchpardonerto pardon; to forgive
4Late Latinperdono—

via Middle French pardon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchpardon—

Words derived from “Pardon”

Every word from Late Latin perdono →Every word from Old French pardoner →Every word from French pardonner →