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pantry

/ˈpæntɹi/PAN-tree
/ˈpæntɹi/PAN-tree

Meaninga bread room

Common meaning: a store room for food

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√PA‘feed, nourish, protect’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 186, p. 736 · scan
  2. Latinpānis‘bread’
  3. Old Frenchpaneteriesource
  4. Middle Englishpantryesource
  5. Englishpantry‘a store room for food’ · today

pan also in: companycompanion

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin pānis ‘bread’.

Roots

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