Betekenis (Engels)
pan
Concepten
Synoniemen
writing brush
writing instrument
writing implement
dam up
Vertalingen
Frequentie
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/pɛn/
Etymologie (Engels)
In summary
From Middle English pen, penne (“enclosure for animals”), from Old English penn (“enclosure, fold, pen”), from Proto-Germanic *pennō, *pannijō (“pin, bolt, nail, tack”), from Proto-Indo-European *bend- (“pointed peg, nail, edge”). Related to pin. Sense “prison” originally figurative extension to “enclosure for persons” (1845), later influenced by penitentiary (“prison”), being analyzed as an abbreviation (1884).
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