Where does “cowpat” come from?
cowpat (English) comes from English Pat, from English patrician, from French patricien, from Middle French patricien, from Latin Pātricius, from Latin -icius, from Latin -icus, from Ancient Greek -ικός — -y, -ic.
cowpat (English): A dropping of cow dung
Definitions
- A dropping of cow dung
Ancestry of “cowpat”, step by step
cowpat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Pat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Pat | An Irish person |
| 2 | English | patrician | A member of any of the families constituting the... |
| 3 | French | patricien | patrician |
| 4 | Middle French | patricien | patrician |
| 5 | Latin | Pātricius | patrician, noble |
| 6 | Latin | -icius | -itious |
| 7 | Latin | -icus | belonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |