Etymology

paan

P3A1A1N1

Today it means: A psychoactive preparation of betel leaf combined with areca nut and/or cured tobacco, chewed recreationally in Asia; such a preparation served wrapped in the leaf. Full definition →

First used 16th c.Hindi पान ← Proto-Indo-European *pornóm
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  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*pornóm
  2. Hindi · borrowed fromपान
  3. English todaypaan

Borrowed from Hindi पान (pān). Possible doublet of fern via Proto-Indo-European *pornóm.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Indo-European*pornóm all →

fern

First known use, by meaning

  • from 16th c. A psychoactive preparation of betel leaf combined with areca nut and/or cured tobacco, chewed recreationally in Asia; such a preparation served wrapped in the leaf.

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