Where does “mécénat” come from?

mécénat (French) comes from French -ât, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

mécénat (French): sponsorship, patronage

Definitions

  1. sponsorship, patronage

Ancestry of “mécénat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-ât"A suffix denoting the third-person singular...
2Latin-ātused
3Proto-Italic-ātos—
4Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →Every word from Latin -ātus →Every word from French -ât →