English

hydropattern

From hydro- + pattern.

Proto-Indo-European *wed- ‘water’

Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ ‘water’

Proto-Hellenic *údōr ‘water’

Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ ‘water’

Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr ‘father’

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Medieval Latin patrōnus ‘patron’

Old French patron

Middle English patron ‘patron; example’

English paterne

Today it means

noun The pattern of wetting (by rivers or rainfall) of a piece of land

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / hydropattern