English word origin

Etymology of Pagan

Borrowed from Latin pāgānus (“rustic, rural”).

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Source etymology 1

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name

A male given name from Latin. · A female given name. · A surname.

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Borrowed from Latin pāgānus (“rustic, rural”).

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Borrowed-form mentionpāgānusla · rustic, rural

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Source etymology 2

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name

The city of Bagan, Myanmar. · The 9th- to 13th-century Burmese kingdom which had its capital at this city.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Borrowing from Burmese ပုဂံ (pu.gam). Doublet of Bagan.

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These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

Borrowed-form mentionပုဂံmy
Doublet mentionBaganen

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