Where does “lapat” come from?

lapat (Seychellois Creole) comes from French patté, from Old French pade, from Vulgar Latin patta, from Frankish patta, from Proto-Germanic pat-.

lapat (Seychellois Creole): paw; leg

Definitions

  1. paw; leg

Ancestry of “lapat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchpattéNarrow at the inner end, and very broad at the...
2Old Frenchpadefoot; paw
3Vulgar Latinpattapaw, foot
4Frankishpattapaw, sole of the foot
5Proto-Germanicpat-—
Every word from Proto-Germanic pat- →Every word from Frankish patta →Every word from Vulgar Latin patta →