Where does “Patentante” come from?

Patentante (German) comes from German Tante, from French tante, from Middle French tante, from Middle French ante, from Old French ante, from Latin amita, from Proto-Indo-European amma- — mother.

Patentante (German): godmother

Definitions

  1. godmother

Ancestry of “Patentante”, step by step

Patentante traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Tante

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanTanteaunt; woman, broad
2Frenchtanteaunt
3Middle Frenchtante—
4Middle Frenchanteauntie; aunt
5Old Frenchantenominative singular of antain; aunt
6Latinamitapaternal aunt; father's sister
7Proto-Indo-Europeanamma-mother

via German Pate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPategodfather
2Middle High Germanpate—
3Medieval Latinpater spiritualis—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European amma- →Every word from Latin amita →Every word from Old French ante →