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Where does “pancier” come from?

pancier (Old French) comes from French panse, from Old French pance, from Latin pantex — belly, paunch, guts.

pancier (Old French): armor

Definitions

  1. armor

Ancestry of “pancier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpansebelly; first-person singular present indicative...
2Old Frenchpancestomach; belly
3Latinpantexbelly, paunch, guts

Words derived from “pancier”

  • pantser
  • pantsersmid
  • pantserwagen
  • pancerz
  • pancernik
  • panser
  • panser
  • panzir
  • pantze
  • panzer
  • pantzen
  • panzier
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