peasant

Mane (Îngilîzî)

Pircarînî

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Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/ˈpɛzənt/
Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

In summary

From Late Middle English paissaunt, from Anglo-Norman paisant, from Old French païsant, païsan (“countryman, peasant”), from païs (“country”), from Latin pāgus (“countryside”) + Old French -enc (“member of”), from Frankish -inc, -ing "-ing"; which was an alteration of earlier Late Latin pāgēnsis (“inhabitant of a district”). Doublet of paisano.

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