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pen – podictionary 150

March 18, 2010

Itrsquo;s nice that the words pen and pencil are so similar, but they are totally unrelated.

The word pen comes to us ultimately from a Latin word meaning ldquo;feather.rdquo;

This is because for most of the history of writing with pen and ink, a pen wa