Where does “PAN” come from?
PAN (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish pan, from Latin pānis, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- — to protect; to shepherd.
Ancestry of “PAN”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Spanish | pan | — |
| 2 | Latin | pānis | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂- | to protect; to shepherd |