Where does “pâté chinois” come from?
pâté chinois (French) comes from French chinois, from French -ois, from Old French -ois, from Latin -ensis, from Latin arvum, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō, from Proto-Italic kʷelō — to turn.
pâté chinois (French): pâté chinois; shepherd's pie
Definitions
- pâté chinois; shepherd's pie
Ancestry of “pâté chinois”, step by step
pâté chinois traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French chinois
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | chinois | Chinese; Greek |
| 2 | French | -ois | Used to form adjectives related to a particular... |
| 3 | Old French | -ois | used to form nationalities; used to form names of... |
| 4 | Latin | -ensis | Of or from |
| 5 | Latin | arvum | field; farm land |
| 6 | Latin | colō | to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden |
| 7 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |
via French pâté
| 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 |