patte

Senso (Inglese)

1. paw (of animal)
2. leg (of animal)
3. (informal) leg (of a human)
4. (informal) hand (of a human)

Genere

♀️ Femminile

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/pat/

Etimologia (Inglese)

From Middle French, from Old French pade, pate (“paw, foot of an animal”), from Vulgar Latin *patta (“paw, foot”), borrowed from Frankish *patta (“paw, sole of the foot”), from Proto-Germanic *pat-, *paþa- (“to walk, tread, go, step”), of uncertain origin and relation. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pent-, *(s)pat- (“path; to walk”), a variant of Proto-Indo-European *pent-, *pat- (“path; to go”).
Cognate with Dutch poot (“paw”), Low German pedden (“to step, tread”). Related to English pad, path.