Where does “pate” come from?
pate (Danish) comes from French pâté, from French pâte, from Middle French paste, from Old French pasté, from Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά, from Ancient Greek παστός, from Ancient Greek πάσσω — to shake.
pate (Danish): pâté
Ancestry of “pate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | pâté | paste; pâté |
| 2 | French | pâte | paste; pastry; dough; batter; pastas |
| 3 | Middle French | paste | — |
| 4 | Old French | pasté | pie or a similar baked good |
| 5 | Latin | pasta | paste; nominative/vocative feminine singular of... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | παστά | barley porridge |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | παστός | sprinkled with salt, salted; woman's chamber,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πάσσω | I sprinkle |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeh₁t- | to shake |