Where does “pa-tê” come from?
pa-tê (Vietnamese) comes from French pâté, from French pâte, from Middle French paste, from Old French pasté, from Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά, from Ancient Greek παστός, from Ancient Greek πάσσω — to shake.
pa-tê (Vietnamese): pâté
Definitions
- pâté
Ancestry of “pa-tê”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | pâté | paste; pâté |
| 2 | French | pâte | paste; pastry; dough; batter; pastas |
| 3 | Middle French | paste | — |
| 4 | Old French | pasté | pie or a similar baked good |
| 5 | Latin | pasta | paste; nominative/vocative feminine singular of... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | παστά | barley porridge |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | παστός | sprinkled with salt, salted; woman's chamber,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πάσσω | I sprinkle |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeh₁t- | to shake |