Where does “pancito” come from?

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

pancito (Spanish): Diminutive of pan

Definitions

  1. Diminutive of pan

Ancestry of “pancito”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishPANbread
2Old Spanishpanbread
3Latinpānisbread, loaf
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂-to protect; to shepherd
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- →Every word from Latin pānis →Every word from Old Spanish pan →