Middle English Alternative forms pantery, panterie, pantre, pantri, pantyr, pantrye, panetrye Etymology From Old French paneterie. Pronunciation IPA(key): /ˈpan(ə)t(ə)riː(ə)/ Noun panetrie A pantry; a storehouse or storage area, usually for comestibles (figurative) A source or origin of some desirable thing. Derived terms panterere Descendants English: pantry Scots: pantry References “panetrī(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-05. Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.