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Where does “addlepatedness” come from?

addlepatedness (English) comes from English addlepated, from English pated, from English pâté, from French pâté, from French pâte, from Middle French paste, from Old French pasté, from Latin pasta — to shake.

addlepatedness (English): The quality of being addlepated

Definitions

  1. The quality of being addlepated

Ancestry of “addlepatedness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishaddlepatedAddled; confused; stupid; flustered
2EnglishpatedHaving a pate or a particular type of pate
3EnglishpâtéA finely-ground paste of meat, fish or...
4Frenchpâtépaste; pâté
5Frenchpâtepaste; pastry; dough; batter; pastas
6Middle Frenchpaste—
7Old Frenchpastépie or a similar baked good
8Latinpastapaste; nominative/vocative feminine singular of...
9Ancient Greekπαστάbarley porridge
10Ancient Greekπαστόςsprinkled with salt, salted; woman's chamber,...
11Ancient GreekπάσσωI sprinkle
12Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeh₁t-to shake
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