Where does “Pattersonian” come from?

Pattersonian (English) comes from English Patterson, from Middle English Pate, from English Patrick, from Middle English Patrick, from Latin Pātricius, from Latin -icius, from Latin -icus, from Ancient Greek -ικός — -y, -ic.

Pattersonian (English): Of or relating to Orlando Patterson (born 1940), Jamaican-American historian and sociologist known for work on the history of race and slavery in the United States and Jamaica

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to Orlando Patterson (born 1940), Jamaican-American historian and sociologist known for work on the history of race and slavery in the United States and Jamaica

Ancestry of “Pattersonian”, step by step

Pattersonian traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Patterson

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishPatterson
2Middle EnglishPate
3EnglishPatrickA placename
4Middle EnglishPatrick
5LatinPātriciuspatrician, noble
6Latin-icius-itious
7Latin-icusbelonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;...
8Ancient Greek-ικόςof or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic
9Ancient Greek-κόςforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or...
10Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

via English ian

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishian
2IrishEoinJohn any of several people in the Bible
3Old IrishIohainJohn apostle
4LatinIōannēsJohn biblical persons
5Ancient GreekἸωάννης
6HebrewיוחנןYahweh is gracious
7Hebrewחנוןgracious, merciful, compassionate; passive...
8Moroccan Arabicخنونةmucus, snot
9Arabicخُنَّة
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos