patois
French
noun
Definitions
- patois (French dialect)
- patois (any regional dialect)
- (Louisiana French) saying, maxim, proverb, adage
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French patois (local dialect) inherited from Old French patois (rude language, incomprehensible speech) derived from Latin *patta derived from Frankish *patta (paw, sole of the foot) derived from Proto-Germanic *pat- derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pent-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)pent-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- patois English
- *patta Latin
- pantofola Italian
- patois Italian
- pat Dutch, Flemish
- patstelling Dutch, Flemish
- pat French
- patoisement French
- patoiser French
- pata Spanish, Castilian
- *(s)pent- Proto-Indo-European
- *pent- Proto-Indo-European
- pata Portuguese
- patoá Portuguese
- *pat- Proto-Germanic
- *paþjaną Proto-Germanic
- pade Old French
- patois Old French
- patrouille Old French
- patuès Catalan, Valencian
- patois Middle French
- *patta Frankish
- Patwa Jamaican Creole