Where does “panțir” come from?

panțir (Romanian) comes from Polish pancerz, from Middle High German panzier, from Old French pancier, from French panse, from Old French pance, from Latin pantex — belly, paunch, guts.

panțir (Romanian): mercenary army corps

Definitions

  1. mercenary army corps

Ancestry of “panțir”, step by step

panțir traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish pancerz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishpancerzarmour
2Middle High Germanpanzier—
3Old Frenchpancierarmor
4Frenchpansebelly; first-person singular present indicative...
5Old Frenchpancestomach; belly
6Latinpantexbelly, paunch, guts

via Serbo-Croatian pàncīr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianpàncīrmail armor
2Persianپنجرهwindow; lattice
Every word from Latin pantex →