Where does “patrician” come from?
Patrician comes from Middle French patricien, from Latin patricius, originally denoting a member of the patres conscripti, from Latin pater meaning father, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ph₂tḗr and the root peh₂-.
patrician (English): A member of any of the families constituting the...
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- A member of any of the families constituting the...
Ancestry of “patrician”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | patricien | patrician |
| 2 | Middle French | patricien | patrician |
| 3 | Latin | Pātricius | patrician, noble |
| 4 | Latin | -icius | -itious |
| 5 | Latin | -icus | belonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |