Etymograph

English

Paganmas

From pagan + -mas, after Christmas.

Formed from pagan + -mas

Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ- ‘to fasten, fix’

Latin pāgus ‘area outside of a city, countryside’

Latin pāgānus ‘rural, rustic’

Middle English pagan

English pagan

Today it means

name Christmas as a pagan holiday.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Paganmas