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footpan

noun

Etymology

From foot + pan.

  1. derived from πατάνη — “kind of flat dish”
  2. derived from patina — “broad, shallow dish, pan, stewpan”
  3. derived from panna
  4. inherited from *pannǭ✻
  5. inherited from *pannā✻
  6. inherited from panne
  7. inherited from panne
  8. compounded as footpan — “foot + pan”

Definitions

  1. A pan used to bathe the feet.

    • Men and women were not so luxurious in their ideas of comfort as they are now. Bathrooms were not in existence. Footpans were in general use to bathe the feet.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA