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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

  1. pâté chinois; shepherd's pie

Ancestry of “pâté chinois”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchchinoisChinese; Greek
2French-oisUsed to form adjectives related to a particular...
3Old French-oisused to form nationalities; used to form names of...
4Latin-ensisOf or from
5Latinarvumfield; farm land
6Latincolō—
7Latinquelō—
8Proto-Italickʷelō—
9Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti—
10Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn

Words derived from “pâté chinois”

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