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panel

[ pan-l ]
/ ˈpæn l /
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noun
verb (used with object), pan·eled, pan·el·ing or (especially British) pan·elled, pan·el·ling.
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Origin of panel

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English, from Old French panel “a piece (of anything),” diminutive of pan “piece of cloth or the like”; see pane, -elle

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OTHER WORDS FROM panel

re·pan·el, verb (used with object), re·pan·eled, re·pan·el·ing or (especially British) re·pan·elled, re·pan·el·ling.sub·pan·el, nounun·pan·eled, adjectiveun·pan·elled, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH panel

board, committee, council, panel , trust
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British Dictionary definitions for panel

panel
/ (ˈpænəl) /

noun
verb -els, -elling or -elled or US -els, -eling or -eled (tr)

Word Origin for panel

C13: from Old French: portion, from pan piece of cloth, from Latin pannus; see pane 1
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