From Late Middle English paissaunt, from Anglo-Norman paisant, from Old French païsan ("countryman, peasant"), from païs, from Late Latin pāgēnsis ("inhabitant of a district"), from Latin pāgus ("district") + Old French -enc ("member of"), from Frankish -inc, -ing "-ing". .
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