Peasant
late Middle English: from Old French paisent ‘country dweller’, from pais ‘country’, based on Latin pagus ‘country district’.
wiktionary
From Late Middle English paissaunt, from Anglo-Norman paisant, from Middle French païsant(“païsant”), from Old French païsan(“countryman, peasant”), from païs(“country”), from Late Latin pāgēnsis(“inhabitant of a district”), from Latin pāgus(“district”) + Old French -enc(“member of”), from Frankish -inc, -ing "-ing". More at -ing. Doublet of paisano.
etymonline
peasant (n.)
"rural person of inferior rank or condition," usually engaged in agricultural labor, early 15c., paisaunt, from Anglo-French paisant (early 14c.), Old French paisant, paisent "local inhabitant" (12c., Modern French paysan), earlier paisenc, from pais "country, region" (Modern French pays, from Latin pagus; see pagan) + Frankish suffix -enc "-ing."
Pais is from Late Latin pagensis "(inhabitant) of the district," from Latin pagus "country or rural district" (see pagan). As a style of garment in fashion (such as peasant blouse) from 1953. In German history, the Peasants' War was the rebellion of 1524-25.
