Where does “patena” come from?
patena (English) comes from Ecclesiastical Latin patēna, from Ancient Greek πατάνη, from Proto-Indo-European pet-ano, from Proto-Indo-European pete-, from Proto-Finnic ete-, from Serbo-Croatian tẹ́, from Proto-Slavic ta — inflection of *tъ: ## feminine singular ##...
Ancestry of “patena”, step by step
patena traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ecclesiastical Latin patēna
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ecclesiastical Latin | patēna | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | πατάνη | kind of flat dish |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | pet-ano | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | pete- | to spread, stretch out |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | ete- | — |
| 6 | Serbo-Croatian | tẹ́ | of you |
| 7 | Proto-Slavic | ta | inflection of *tъ: ## feminine singular ##... |
via Sanskrit पतन
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | पतन | the act of flying or coming down, alighting,... |