Where does “patois” come from?

patois (Middle French) comes from Old French patois, from Old French patoi, from Old French patoier, from Old French pate, from Vulgar Latin patta, from Frankish patta, from Proto-Germanic pat-.

patois (Middle French): local dialect

Definitions

  1. local dialect

Ancestry of “patois”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpatoisincomprehensible speech, rude language
2Old Frenchpatoi—
3Old Frenchpatoierto gesticulate, handle clumsily, paw
4Old Frenchpatepaw, foot of an animal
5Vulgar Latinpattapaw, foot
6Frankishpattapaw, sole of the foot
7Proto-Germanicpat-—

Words derived from “patois”

Every word from Proto-Germanic pat- →Every word from Frankish patta →Every word from Vulgar Latin patta →
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