English
frying pan
Frying pan comes from Middle English fryyng panne.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500fryyng panne
- Englishearliest quotation 1611frying pan
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500fryyng panne
- Englishearliest quotation 1611frying pan
Earliest quotation: 1611, The Holy Bible, London: […] Robert Barker: “And if thy oblation be a meate offering baken…”
A compound of frying + pan
Proto-Germanic *pannǭ
Proto-West Germanic *pannā
Old English panne ‘pan’
Middle English panne ‘pan’
English pan
Every English word from Middle English fryyng panne
Today it means
noun A long-handled, shallow pan used for frying food.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English fryyng panne / frying pan