Masculine
patois
Meaning
- (invariable, masculine) patois (French dialect)
- (invariable, masculine) patois (any regional dialect)
- (Louisiana, invariable, masculine) saying, maxim, proverb, adage
Concepts
Synonyms
Translations
dialetto
Dialekt
dialecto
dialeto
streektaal
dialectePronounced as (IPA)
/pa.twa/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Middle French patois (“local dialect”), from Old French patois (“incomprehensible speech, rude language”), alteration (due to influence of the suffix -ois in words relating to nationalities and languages) of earlier *patoi, a deverbal of patoier (“to gesticulate, handle clumsily, paw”), from pate (“paw”), from Vulgar Latin *patta (“paw, foot”), 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 *pent-/*pat- (“path; to go”). Cognate with Dutch pat, Low German pedden (“to step, tread”). Related to pad, path.
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