Where does “patta” come from?

patta (Italian) comes from French patté, from Old French pade, from Vulgar Latin patta, from Frankish patta, from Proto-Germanic pat-.

patta (Italian): flap; fly; draw, tie

Definitions

  1. flap; fly; draw, tie

Ancestry of “patta”, step by step

patta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French patté

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchpattéNarrow at the inner end, and very broad at the...
2Old Frenchpadefoot; paw
3Vulgar Latinpattapaw, foot
4Frankishpattapaw, sole of the foot
5Proto-Germanicpat-

via Latin pacta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpactanominative feminine singular of pactus;...
2Latinpactumagreement, bargain; pact
3Latinpaciscipresent active infinitive of pacīscor; to make an...

Words derived from “patta

Every word from Proto-Germanic pat-