Where does “patineur” come from?
patineur (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:
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patineur (French): skater
Ancestry of “patineur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | patiner | to ice-skate; to falter |
| 2 | French | patine | patina, an oxidation like on bronze or similar... |
| 3 | Italian | patina | A patina; A coat, film, glaze, size, patina;... |
| 4 | Latin | patīna | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πατάνη | kind of flat dish |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pet-ano | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pete- | to spread, stretch out |
| 8 | Proto-Finnic | ete- | — |
| 9 | Serbo-Croatian | tẹ́ | — |
| 10 | Proto-Slavic | ta | inflection of *tъ:
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