English
patina
Patina comes from Italian patina ‘a patina (of age)’, from Latin patina ‘dish, pan’, and ultimately from Ancient Greek πατάνη.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπατάνηpatánē‘kind of flat dish’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpatina‘dish, pan’
- Italianc. 1300–presentsame form‘a patina (of age)’
- Englishearliest quotation 2012same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπατάνηpatánē‘kind of flat dish’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpatina‘dish, pan’
- Italianc. 1300–presentsame form‘a patina (of age)’
- Englishearliest quotation 2012same form
Earliest quotation: 2012, Alison Winter: “It demonstrates how scientific authority could be constructed on…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- ‘to spread’
pass, mile, compete, pen, expansion, repeat, helicopter, expand, petition, patent, symptom, competitor, perpetual, feather, impetus, spawn, perpetuate, expanse, perpetuity, petulant, pennant, impetuous, pinion, petulance, penna, pata, 83 more
through Latin patina ‘dish, pan’
Today it means
noun A paten (a flat type of dish).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek πατάνη / patina