Etymology Dictionary

PANE,  a patch, a plate of glass.  (F.,—L.)   'A pane of glass, or wainscote;' Minsheu, ed. 1627.   M.E. pane, applied to a part or portion of a thing; see Prompt. Parv. p. 380, and Way's note.   'Vch pane of þat place had þre ȝatez' = each portion of that place had three gates; Allit. Poems, ed. Morris, i. 1034 (or 1033).—F. pan, 'a pane, piece, or pannell of a wall, of wainscot, of a glasse-window, &c.; also, the skirt of a gown, the pane of a hose, of a cloak, &c.;' Cot.—Lat. pannum, acc. of pannus, a cloth, rag, tatter; hence, a patch, piece.   Allied to pānus, the thread wound upon a bobbin in a shuttle; and to Gk. πῆνος, πήνη, the woof.   Also to Goth. fana, and E. vane; see Vane.   Der. pan-ed, in the phr. paned hose, ornamented breeches, which see in Nares; also pan-el, q.v.   And see pawn (1), pan-icle.