pennant

pennant · noun¹

1. Latin · derived frompenna“feather”
2. French · derived frompennon
3. Old French · derived frompenon
4. Middle English · inherited frompenon
5. English todaypennant

From Middle English penon, penoun, pynoun, Old French penon, French pennon, from Latin penna (“feather”). See pen (“a feather”), and compare pennon, pinion.

Pennant · proper noun²

Welsh place names are conceivably from Welsh pen + nant.

Words from the same roots