Etymology

pannier

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Today it means: A large basket or bag fastened, usually in pairs, to the back of a bicycle or pack animal, or carried in pairs over the shoulders. Full definition →

Middle English panere ← Old French panier ← Latin pānārium
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  1. Latin · derived frompānārium“a bread basket”
  2. Old French · derived frompanier
  3. Middle English · inherited frompanere
  4. English todaypannier

From Middle English panere, panȝere, panyere, from Old French panier, paniere, from Latin pānārium (“a bread basket”), from pānis (“bread”). Doublet of panary.

Words from the same roots

Latinpānārium all →

panary

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.