Where does “paadn” come from?

paadn (Jamaican Creole) comes from English pardon, from Middle English pardonen, from Old French pardoner, from Late Latin perdono.

paadn (Jamaican Creole): to forgive, to pardon

Definitions

  1. to forgive, to pardon

Ancestry of “paadn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpardonForgiveness for an offence; An order that...
2Middle Englishpardonen—
3Old Frenchpardonerto pardon; to forgive
4Late Latinperdono—
Every word from Late Latin perdono →Every word from Old French pardoner →Every word from Middle English pardonen →