The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromΠάνδαρος
- Latin · derived fromPandarus
- Italian · derived fromPandaro
- Middle English · inherited frompandare
- English todaypander
From Middle English pandare, from Chaucer’s character Pandare (in Troilus and Criseyde; see also Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida), from Italian Pandaro (found in Boccaccio), from Latin Pandarus (found in Greek mythology), from Ancient Greek Πάνδαρος (Pándaros).
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.