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Etymology Dictionary

Origin of the word PANNAGE.  Etymology of the word PANNAGE.

From An Etymology Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893.

 

PANNAGE,  food of swine in woods; money paid for such food.  (F.,—L.)   Obsolete; see Blount's Nomo-Lexicon, Todd's Johnson, &c.   Also spelt pawnage, and even pownage; see Chaucer, tr. of Boethius, ed. Morris, p. 180, l. 7.   Anglo-F. panage, Year-Books of Edw. I. i. 63, ii. 135.—O.F. pasnage, 'pawnage, mastage, monie... for feeding of swine with mast;' Cot.   From a Low Lat. type pastionaticum*, pannage.   Ducange gives the corrupted form pasnadium, and also the verb pastionare, to feed on mast, as swine.—Lat. pastion-, stem of pastio, a grazing, used in Low Lat. with the sense of right of pannage.—Lat. past-um, supine of pascere, to feed; see Pastor.

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Etymology Dictionary Index
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z

Key
Arab.=Arabic.
A.S.=Anglo Saxon.
Bavar.=Bavarian
Bohem.=Bohemian.
C.=Celtic, used as a general term for Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Breton, Cornish, &c.
Corn.=Cornish.
Dan.=Danish.
Du.=Dutch
E.=English.
E.E.=Early English.
Europ.=European.
F.=French.
G.=German.
Gk.=Greek.
Goth.=Gothic.
Icel.=Icelandic.
Ital.=Italian.
L. or Lat.=Latin.
Lith. & Lithuan.=Lithuanian.
M.E.=Middle English.
M.F.=Middle French
M.H.G.=Middle High German.
Norw.=Norwegian.
O.F.=Old French.
O.H.G.=Old High German.
Pers.=Persian.
Port.=Portuguese.
Scand.=Scandinavian, used as a general term for Icelandic, Swedish, Danish, &c.
Sc.=Scottish.
Skt.=Sanskrit.
Span.=Spanish.
Swed.=Sweish.
Teut.=Teutonic
Turk.=Turkish.
W.=Welsh.

  

 

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