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Where does “patinage” come from?

patinage (French) comes from French patiner, from French patine, from Italian patina, from Latin patīna, from Ancient Greek πατάνη, from Proto-Indo-European pet-ano, from Proto-Indo-European pete-, from Proto-Finnic ete- — inflection of *tъ: ## feminine singular ##...

patinage (French): skating; loss of traction

Definitions

  1. skating; loss of traction

Ancestry of “patinage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpatinerto ice-skate; to falter
2Frenchpatinepatina, an oxidation like on bronze or similar...
3ItalianpatinaA patina; A coat, film, glaze, size, patina;...
4Latinpatīna—
5Ancient Greekπατάνηkind of flat dish
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpet-ano—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpete-to spread, stretch out
8Proto-Finnicete-—
9Serbo-Croatiantẹ́—
10Proto-Slavictainflection of *tъ: ## feminine singular ##...

Words derived from “patinage”

  • antipatinage
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