pattenyoudaoicibaDictYouDict[patten 词源字典]
patten: see patrol
[patten etymology, patten origin, 英语词源]
patten (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
late 14c., from Old French patin "clog, type of shoe" (13c.), probably from pate "paw, foot," from Gallo-Roman *pauta, ultimately perhaps imitative of the sound made by a paw. The immediate source has been sought in Celtic [Barnhart] and Germanic [OED], but evidence is wanting. Likely cognates include Provençal pauta, Catalan pote, Middle Dutch and Dutch poot, German Pfote "paw."