patron
French
noun
Definitions
- boss, employer
- (sewing) pattern
Etymology
Derived from Old French patron (model, patron, protector) derived from Latin patrōnus (patron, protector, patronage, protection).
Origin
Latin
patrōnus
Gloss
patron, protector, patronage, protection
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- patronalis Latin
- patronus Latin
- patrōnus Latin
- Patron German
- Patrone German
- patronázs Hungarian
- patron Italian
- patrono Italian
- patronage French
- patronal French
- patronner French
- patronnesse French
- патронаж Russian
- padrón Spanish, Castilian
- patrón Spanish, Castilian
- *peh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- patron Norwegian Bokmål
- padrão Portuguese
- patroa Portuguese
- patrono Portuguese
- patron Polish
- patron Norwegian Nynorsk
- patron Middle English
- patroun Middle English
- patron Old French
- patrone Old French
- patró Catalan, Valencian
- patrón Galician
- patroon Middle Dutch
- patron Turkish
- patron Norman
- padron Old Portuguese
- ბატონი Georgian
- პატრონი Georgian
- padrón Asturian
- paron Friulian
- paron Venetian