pandy

pandy · noun¹

1. Welsh · derived frompandy“fulling house”
2. English todaypandy

From Welsh pandy (“fulling house”).

pandy · verb, noun²

1. Latin · derived frompande“hold out”
2. English todaypandy

From Latin pande (“hold out”), in schoolmaster commands pande manum "hold out [your] hand" or pande palmum "hold out [your] palm".

pandy · noun³

After a corruption of Mangal Pandey, who started the Indian Mutiny of 1857.

pandy · verb⁴

Blend of pander + bandy, by confusion.