Where does “pat” come from?
pat (French) comes from Italian patta, from French patté, from Old French pade, from Vulgar Latin patta, from Frankish patta, from Proto-Germanic pat-.
pat (French): stalemate
Ancestry of “pat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | patta | flap; fly; draw, tie |
| 2 | French | patté | Narrow at the inner end, and very broad at the... |
| 3 | Old French | pade | foot; paw |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | patta | paw, foot |
| 5 | Frankish | patta | paw, sole of the foot |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | pat- | — |