A year ago we posted “Pantry” and I was curious to see what the connection might be here – is “Pan” also related to bread?  Alas, no.  “Pan” is of shadowy etymological meaning but could be related to words about metallurgy.

• 02.001 and pan he possessed
• 06.088 when it is suddenly picked out of the pan on a fork
• 06.089 in the pan sooner or later;

“pan, n.1.” OED Online. Oxford University Press, March 2016. Web. 12 May 2016.