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pennon

Meaninga wing, feather

Common meaning: long narrow flag

Journey through time

  1. Latinpenna‘a wing, feather’source
  2. Old Frenchpenon‘a pennon, flag, streamer’source
  3. Middle Englishmeaning shiftsa wing, feather → bannerpenoun‘banner’source
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsbanner → long narrow flagpennon‘long narrow flag’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin penna ‘a wing, feather’.

Roots

  • penna Latin “a wing, feather”

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