etimology of Peasant, from OED [a. AF. paisant, in OF. païsent, païsant, paysant (12th c. in Godef.), mod.F. paysan (13th c. in Littré), f. païs, pays country:―L. pāgensis, sc. ager, the territory of a pāgus or canton, the country. Cf. It.…