Where does “パテ” come from?
パテ (Japanese) comes from English putty, from French potée, from French pot, from English pot, from Middle English pot, from Old French pot, from Vulgar Latin pottum, from Frankish *pott — a kind of vessel; type of vessel; a type of...
パテ (Japanese): putty; pâté
Definitions
- putty; pâté
Ancestry of “パテ”, step by step
パテ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English putty
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | putty | A form of cement, made from linseed oil and... |
| 2 | French | potée | potful; hotpot |
| 3 | French | pot | pot, jar, vase, tin, can, carton; cooking pot;... |
| 4 | English | pot | A flat-bottomed vessel used for cooking food;... |
| 5 | Middle English | pot | A pot; a circular receptacle or vessel; The top... |
| 6 | Old French | pot | pot; third-person singular present indicative of... |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | pottum | — |
| 8 | Frankish | *pott | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | puttaz | pot, jar, tub |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | budn- | a kind of vessel; type of vessel; a type of... |
via French pâté
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | pâté | paste; pâté |
| 2 | French | pâte | paste; pastry; dough; batter; pastas |
| 3 | Middle French | paste | — |
| 4 | Old French | pasté | pie or a similar baked good |
| 5 | Latin | pasta | paste; nominative/vocative feminine singular of... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | παστά | barley porridge |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | παστός | sprinkled with salt, salted; woman's chamber,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πάσσω | I sprinkle |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeh₁t- | to shake |