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Encyclopedia Britannica



PAWN

This article appears in Volume V20, Page 972 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: PAS-PER
PAWN . (I) A pledge, an
object
  left in the charge of another, as
security
  for the repayment of money lent, for a
debt
  or for the performance of some
obligation
  (see
PAWNBROKING
 ). The word is an
adaptation
  of O. Fr. pan, pledge,
plunder
 , spoil. This has usually been identified with pan, from Lat. pannus, piece of
cloth
 . The
Teutonic
  words for pledgesuch as Du. pand, Ger. Pfand have been also traced to the same source; on the other hand these
Teutonic
  forms have been connected with the word which appears in O. Eng. as pending, a
penny
 , Ger. Pfennig, but this too has been referred to pannus. (2) The smallest piece on the chessboard. This, in its early forms, poun, pown, &c., is taken from Fr. peon or paon, variants of peon, Med. Lat. pedo, pedonis, a foot soldier, from pes, foot.


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