English word pen comes from Proto-Indo-European *pent-, and later Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ (Feather. Wing.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| *pent- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
| *péth₂r̥ | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | Feather. Wing. |
| *petnā | Proto-Italic (itc-pro) | Feather. Wing. |
| pinna | Latin (lat) | |
| penne | Old French (842-ca. 1400) (fro) | |
| penne | Anglo-Norman (xno) | |
| pen | English (en) | (colloquial) Marks of ink left by a pen.. (figurative) A writer, or his style.. (now, rare, poetic, dialectal) A feather, especially one of the flight feathers of a bird, angel etc.. (poetic) A wing.. (zoology) The internal cartilage skeleton of a squid, shaped like a pen.. A light pen.. A tool, originally made from a feather but now usually a small tubular instrument, containing ink used to [...] |