Etymology

penna

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Today it means: a contour feather Full definition →

Latin penna
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The story

  1. Latin · derived frompenna“feather”
  2. English todaypenna

From Latin penna (“feather”). Doublet of panne, pen, and pinna.

Words from the same roots

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