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pateo.

to be open, accessible, attainable

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈpa.te.oː]Classical-Latin[ˈpaː.te.o]
  1. to be open, accessible, attainable

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  2. to be exposed, revealed, disclosed, vulnerable

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  3. to increase or extend (said of frontiers or land)

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  4. to be clear, evident

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Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *ptnéh₂ti Proto-Italic *pandō Proto-Italic *patēō Latin pateō Inherited from Proto-Italic *patēō, from *pandō, from Proto-Indo-European *ptnéh₂ti, from *peth₂- + *-né- + *-ti. Cognate with pandō, Oscan patensíns (“they opened”), Ancient Greek πετάννυμι (petánnumi, “to spread out, to spread wide”) (< *peth₂-néu-) and πίτνημι (pítnēmi, “to spread out”) (< *pt-ne-h₂-), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬚𐬀𐬥𐬀 (paθana, “broad”), Old English fæþm (whence English fathom).

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