Where does “patentować” come from?

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

patentować (Polish): to patent

Definitions

  1. to patent

Ancestry of “patentować”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishpatentpatent
2Frenchpatentepatent
3Latinpatēnsbeing opening; open
4Latinpateōto be open, accessible, attainable
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpeth₂-to spread out; to fly

Words derived from “patentować

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peth₂-
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