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mister, gentleman

Source:*gospodьProto-Slavic · “lord, master”probable

Pan from župan 'district chief' is the usual view, but not a certain one; Polish and Czech also use pan as the polite 'you'.

English

mister, gentleman

Polish

pan
pan
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  • Russian
    господи́нgospodin
    ɡəspɐˈdʲininherited
  • Ukrainian
    панpan
    pandifferent word · West Slavic pan, probably shortened from *županъ

    Ukrainian took пан from Polish.

  • Polish
    pan
    pandifferent word · West Slavic pan, probably shortened from *županъ
  • Czech
    pan
    pandifferent word · West Slavic pan, probably shortened from *županъ
  • Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
    gospodinгосподин
    ˈɡospodininherited
  • English
    mister, gentleman