patte

Meaning

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

Concepts

foot

leg

paw

front foot

hind leg

front leg

hoof

strap

tab

footer

dust cloth

duster

dust rag

foreleg

legs

limbs

flap

cringle

fluke

hindfoot

hind foot

foot up

hoof it

leg it

animal foot

human foot

pes

hand

manus

mitt

metrical foot

metrical unit

infantry

ft

pin

f./

foot /ft.

pedestal

shelf

socle

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pat/

Etymology

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.