pant

pant · noun, verb¹

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromφαντασιόω“to be subject to hallucinations”
2. Vulgar Latin · derived from*pantasiō“struggling for breath when having a nightmare”
3. Old French · derived frompantoisier“to be breathless”
4. Old French · derived frompantoyer
5. Middle English · inherited frompanten
6. English todaypant

From Middle English panten, whence also English dialectal pank. Possibly from Old French pantoyer, a byform or of Old French pantoisier (“to be breathless”) (compare modern French panteler (“to gasp for breath”)), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Vulgar Latin *pantasiō (“struggling for breath when having a nightmare”), from Ancient Greek φαντασιόω (phantasióō, “to be subject to hallucinations”), from φαντασία (phantasía, “appearance, image, fantasy”).

pant · noun²

1. Proto-Indo-European*peh₂-
2. Proto-Indo-European*ph₂énts?
3. Proto-Hellenic*pánts
4. Ancient Greekπᾶς (pâs)
5. Ancient Greekἔλεος (éleos)
6. Ancient Greekἐλεέω (eleéō)
7. Ancient Greekἐλεήμων (eleḗmōn)
8. Ancient GreekΠαντελεήμων (Panteleḗmōn)
9. ItalianPantalone
10. Frenchpantalon
11. Englishpantaloon
12. Englishpantaloons
13. Englishpantsbf.
14. English todaypant

Back-formation from pants.

pant · noun³

Unknown.

Pant · proper noun⁴

1. Welsh · derived frompant
2. Cumbric · derived frompant
3. Proto-Brythonic · derived from*panto“hollow”
4. English todayPant

As a place name, usually from Proto-Brythonic *panto (“hollow”), or its descendant forms Cumbric pant and Welsh pant.

Pant · proper noun⁵

1. Marathi · borrowed fromपंत
2. English todayPant

Borrowed from Marathi पंत (panta).

Words from the same roots