Where does “pat” come from?

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

pat (Serbo-Croatian): stalemate

Definitions

  1. stalemate

Ancestry of “pat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpatstalemate
2Italianpattaflap; fly; draw, tie
3FrenchpattéNarrow at the inner end, and very broad at the...
4Old Frenchpadefoot; paw
5Vulgar Latinpattapaw, foot
6Frankishpattapaw, sole of the foot
7Proto-Germanicpat-—
Every word from Proto-Germanic pat- →