Where does “patina” come from?
Patina comes from French patine, from Latin patina, from Ancient Greek πατάνη, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European pete-.
patina (English): A paten, flat type of dish; The colour or...
Definitions
- A paten, flat type of dish; The colour or...
Ancestry of “patina”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | patina | A patina; A coat, film, glaze, size, patina;... |
| 2 | Latin | patīna | A broad, shallow dish, a pan, stewpan |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πατάνη | kind of flat dish |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | pet-ano | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pete- | to spread, stretch out |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | ete- | — |
| 7 | Serbo-Croatian | tẹ́ | of you |
| 8 | Proto-Slavic | ta | inflection of *tъ: ## feminine singular ##... |