Where does “pated” come from?
Pated comes from English pate, derived from French pâté, which developed from French pâte meaning paste, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂tos.
pated (English): Having a pate or a particular type of pate
Definitions
- Having a pate or a particular type of pate
Ancestry of “pated”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pâté | A finely-ground paste of meat, fish or... |
| 2 | French | pâté | paste; pâté |
| 3 | French | pâte | paste; pastry; dough; batter; pastas |
| 4 | Middle French | paste | — |
| 5 | Old French | pasté | pie or a similar baked good |
| 6 | Latin | pasta | paste; nominative/vocative feminine singular of... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | παστά | barley porridge |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | παστός | sprinkled with salt, salted; woman's chamber,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | πάσσω | I sprinkle |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeh₁t- | to shake |