pageant

The story

1. Latin · derived frompāgina“page of a book”
2. Medieval Latin · derived frompagina“play in a cycle of mystery plays”
3. Middle English · inherited frompagent
4. English todaypageant

Late 14th c. as Middle English pagent, from Medieval Latin pagina (“play in a cycle of mystery plays”), perhaps from Latin pāgina (“page of a book”).

Words from the same roots