patten
English
/ˈpat(ə)n/, /ˈpæt(ə)n/
noun
Definitions
- Any of various types of footwear with thick soles, often used to elevate the foot, especially wooden clogs.
- (now) One of various wooden attachments used to lift a shoe above wet or muddy ground.
- (obsolete) A circular wooden plank attached to a horse's foot to prevent it from sinking into a bog while plowing.
- (now) An ice skate.
- (historical) An iron hoop attached to a person's boot in cases of hip-joint disease.
- The base of a pillar.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English patyn derived from Old French patin derived from Latin patta.
Origin
Latin
patta
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- maker English
- pattened English
- pattener English
- pattenmaker English
- *patta Latin
- patta Latin
- patte French
- metepatas Spanish, Castilian
- pata Spanish, Castilian
- patada Spanish, Castilian
- patalear Spanish, Castilian
- patidifuso Spanish, Castilian
- patilla Spanish, Castilian
- patudo Spanish, Castilian
- patón Spanish, Castilian
- pata Portuguese
- patyn Middle English
- patyner Middle English
- patynmaker Middle English
- patin Old French