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patte.

paw (of animal)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/pat/
  1. paw (of animal)

    feminine
  2. leg (of animal)

    feminine
  3. leg (of a human)

    feminine · informal
  4. hand (of a human)

    feminine · informal
  5. tab

    feminine
Where this word comes from

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.

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