Where does “pâté chinois” come from?

pâté chinois (English) comes from French pâté chinois, from French chinois, from French -ois, from Old French -ois, from Latin -ensis, from Latin arvum, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō — to turn.

pâté chinois (English): A French-Canadian dish of layered ground beef,...

Definitions

  1. A French-Canadian dish of layered ground beef,...

Ancestry of “pâté chinois”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpâté chinoispâté chinois; shepherd's pie
2FrenchchinoisChinese; Greek
3French-oisUsed to form adjectives related to a particular...
4Old French-oisused to form nationalities; used to form names of...
5Latin-ensisOf or from
6Latinarvumfield; farm land
7Latincolōto cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden
8Latinquelō
9Proto-Italickʷelōto inhabit
10Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti
11Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷéletiEvery word from Proto-Italic kʷelō