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