Where does “pan” come from?

pan (Ladino) comes from Old Spanish pan, from Latin pānis, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- — to protect; to shepherd.

Ancestry of “pan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishpanbread
2Latinpānisbread, loaf
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂-to protect; to shepherd
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂-Every word from Latin pānisEvery word from Old Spanish pan
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