Where does “Pat” come from?
Pat (English) comes from English patrician, from French patricien, from Middle French patricien, from Latin Pātricius, from Latin -icius, from Latin -icus, from Ancient Greek -ικός, from Ancient Greek -κός — -y, -ic.
Pat (English): An Irish person
Definitions
- An Irish person
Ancestry of “Pat”, step by step
Pat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English patrician
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | patrician | A member of any of the families constituting the... |
| 2 | French | patricien | patrician |
| 3 | Middle French | patricien | patrician |
| 4 | Latin | Pātricius | patrician, noble |
| 5 | Latin | -icius | -itious |
| 6 | Latin | -icus | belonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |