Etymology

frypan

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Today it means: A frying pan. Full definition →

English pan ← Middle English panne ← Old English panne
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰerǵ-der.?
  2. Latinfrīgō
  3. Old Frenchfrire
  4. Middle Englishfryen
  5. Englishfry
  6. Ancient Greekπᾰτᾰ́νη (pătắnē)
  7. Latinpatina?
  8. Latinpannabor.?
  9. Proto-Germanic*pannǭ
  10. Proto-West Germanic*pannā
  11. Old Englishpanne
  12. Middle Englishpanne
  13. Englishpan
  14. English todayfrypan

From fry + pan.

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