Pagan
English
/ˈpeɪɡən/, /pəˈɡɑːn/
proper noun
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pāgānus (rustic, rural, pagan, heathen, unlearned).
Origin
Latin
pāgānus
Gloss
rustic, rural, pagan, heathen, unlearned
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- pagan English
- paganismus Latin
- paganitas Latin
- pāgānus Latin
- pagano Italian
- pagano Spanish, Castilian
- págán Irish
- págánach Irish
- págánta Irish
- pagien Old French
- paien Old French
- pagana Esperanto
- pagano Esperanto
- pagà Catalan, Valencian
- păgân Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- pàganach Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- pagão Old Portuguese
- pãngãn Aromanian
- поганъ Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- paian Friulian
- поганъ Old East Slavic
- paien xno