Where does “opatentować” come from?

opatentować (Polish) comes from Polish patentować, from Polish patent, from French patente, from Latin patēns, from Latin pateō, from Proto-Indo-European peth₂- — to spread out; to fly.

opatentować (Polish): to patent

Definitions

  1. to patent

Ancestry of “opatentować”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishpatentowaćto patent
2Polishpatentpatent
3Frenchpatentepatent
4Latinpatēnsbeing opening; open
5Latinpateōto be open, accessible, attainable
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpeth₂-to spread out; to fly
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peth₂-