Pan
/pæn/noun
A shallow cooking vessel with a flat bottom and flared sides.
Did you know?English pan is an old Germanic word, and it has a completely separate history from the Greek god Pan—despite the eerie coincidence that both can feel a little magical in the imagination.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*panna
“a pan or shallow vessel”
Old English
OE
panna
“a pan or metal vessel for cooking”
Middle English
ME
pan
“a cooking vessel”
Modern English
English
pan
“a shallow vessel used for cooking”