Where does “pat” come from?
pat (Czech) comes from German Patt, from French pat, from Italian patta, from French patté, from Old French pade, from Vulgar Latin patta, from Frankish patta, from Proto-Germanic pat-.
pat (Czech): stalemate; genitive plural of pata
Definitions
- stalemate; genitive plural of pata
Ancestry of “pat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Patt | stalemate; stalemate; tie |
| 2 | French | pat | stalemate |
| 3 | Italian | patta | flap; fly; draw, tie |
| 4 | French | patté | Narrow at the inner end, and very broad at the... |
| 5 | Old French | pade | foot; paw |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | patta | paw, foot |
| 7 | Frankish | patta | paw, sole of the foot |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | pat- | — |