English
pane
Pane comes from Old French pan ‘bit’, from Latin pannus ‘cloth’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂n- ‘fabric’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*peh₂n-‘fabric’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpannus‘cloth’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400pan‘bit’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500pane‘a garment or item of clothing’
- Englishearliest quotation 1895pane
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*peh₂n-‘fabric’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpannus‘cloth’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400pan‘bit’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500pane‘a garment or item of clothing’
- Englishearliest quotation 1895pane
Earliest quotation: 1895, Hall Caine: “From a flying cloud came a lightning flash//A pane…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *peh₂n- ‘fabric’
through Old French pan ‘bit’
Today it means
noun An individual sheet of glass or other transparent material in a window, door, etc.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *peh₂n- / pane