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

hoof

front leg

front foot

hind leg

ft

hand

✋

infantry

legs

limbs

manus

metrical foot

mitt

pedestal

pin

shelf

socle

strap

tab

foot up

dust rag

hoof it

hind foot

metrical unit

leg it

animal foot

hindfoot

human foot

pes

foot /ft.

cringle

f./

dust cloth

duster

flap

fluke

footer

foreleg

Synonyms

pied

🦶

jambe

🦵

patte de derrière

patte de devant

sabot

membre

infantry

ft

abattant

patte de bouline

clapet

cueillir

infanterie

main

✋

régiment

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pat/

Etymology

Cognate with Dutch: poot

Cognate with Low German: pedden

Cognate with English: pad

In summary

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.