Where does “paen” come from?

paen (Old French) comes from Latin pāgānus, from Latin pāgus, from Proto-Italic pāgos, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵos, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ- — to attach.

Ancestry of “paen”, step by step

paen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin pāgānus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpāgānusof or pertaining to the countryside, rural, rustic
2Latinpāgusdistrict, canton, region
3Proto-Italicpāgos—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ǵos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ǵ-to attach

via Arabic بين

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicبينbetween; verbal noun of بَانَ   – separation,...
2Arabicيbound object pronoun: me, my; The nisba suffix,...
3Proto-Semiticʿayn-eye
4Hebrewעַיִןeye

Words derived from “paen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵos →Every word from Proto-Italic pāgos →