Etymograph

English

pannus

Pannus comes from Latin pannus ‘cloth’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpannus1‘cloth’
  2. Englishtodaypannus1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English pannus

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpannusWiktionary, English pannus‘cloth’
  2. EnglishtodaypannusWiktionary, English pannus

Linked words

through Latin pannus ‘cloth’

panel, pane, 4 more

Today it means

noun A hanging flap of skin or other tissue, especially one covering the cornea (in trachoma) or cartilage (in rheumatoid arthritis).

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “pannus”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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