Where does “pen” come from?

pen (Haitian Creole) 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.

pen (Haitian Creole): bread

Definitions

bread

Ancestry of “pen”, step by step

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

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