The story
- French · borrowed frompanne
- English todaypanne
Borrowed from French panne. Doublet of pen, penna, and pinna.
Words from the same roots
Frenchpanne all →
pan-pan
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
panne
Today it means: A lustrous finish applied to velvet and satin. Full definition →
French panne