This lowly chess piece takes its name from the Latin for "foot soldier"
Given the popularity of the 
game of chess in English speaking places, it is unsurprising that its... [DOC] [TLE] 14 - Online Etymology Dictionary [PAR] and directly from Medieval Latin patronus "patron saint, bestower of a benefice, 
lord, ... + onyma "name," Aeolic dialectal variant of onoma "name" (see name (n.))
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