Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - pantofle

 noun  Etymology: Middle English (Scots) pantuifil, from Middle French pantoufle  Date: 15th century slipper PANTOGRAPH  noun  Etymology: French ~e, from pant- + -graphe -graph  Date: 1723  1. an instrument for copying something (as a map) on a predetermined scale consisting of four light rigid bars jointed in parallelogram form; also any of various extensible devices of similar construction (as for use as brackets or gates)  2. an electrical trolley carried by a collapsible and adjustable frame  • ~ic adjective