English
touchpan
touch + pan
Proto-Indo-European *dewk- ‘to draw, pull’
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Frankish *tukkōn ‘to knock, strike, touch’
Vulgar Latin *tuccō ‘to knock, strike’
Old French tochier ‘to touch’
Middle English touchen ‘to touch’
English touch
Proto-Germanic *pannǭ
Proto-West Germanic *pannā
Old English panne ‘pan’
Middle English panne ‘pan’
English pan
Today it means
noun The pan of a flintlock.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / touchpan