Where does “あんパン” come from?

あんパン (Japanese) comes from Japanese パン, from English PAN, from English pantograph, from French pantographe, from French -graphe, from Latin -graphus, from Ancient Greek -γράφος, from Ancient Greek γράφω — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

あんパン (Japanese): anpan a Japanese sweet roll filled usually with red bean paste

Definitions

  1. anpan a Japanese sweet roll filled usually with red bean paste

Ancestry of “あんパン”, step by step

あんパン traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese パン

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseパンbread; a pan; a pan shot
2EnglishPANAcronym of primary account number; Acronym of...
3EnglishpantographA mechanical linkage based on parallelograms...
4Frenchpantographepantograph
5French-graphe-graph; -grapher
6Latin-graphusgraph
7Ancient Greek-γράφοςwriter, painter
8Ancient Greekγράφωto scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to...
9Proto-Hellenicgrəpʰōto scratch, cut or carve into
10Proto-Indo-Europeangerbʰ-to carve
11Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

via Japanese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanesebean jam
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ger-Every word from Proto-Indo-European gerbʰ-Every word from Proto-Hellenic grəpʰō