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pactum · Latin
noun · Latin
Reading: Reading not yet researched
Agreement or covenant; proposed deeper source.. Agreement or covenant; proposed deeper source.
Date not yet researched — No word-specific date established in the inspected lexical source.
Latin reference region — Glottolog language reference point; not an origin, borrowing site or territorial boundary.
One theory derives Spanish patio through Old Provençal patu/pati from Latin pactum “agreement.” patio — Etymology · etymology and sense history
Old Provençal patu/pati is reported as a possible intermediate with a land/open-space sense. patio — Etymology · etymology and sense history
Glottolog supplies the reference coordinates for Latin. LanguageTable row lati1261
patu / pati · Old Provençal
noun · Old Provençal
Reading: Reading not yet researched
Untilled land or communal pasture.. Untilled land or communal pasture.
Date not yet researched — No word-specific date established in the inspected lexical source.
Old Provençal reference region — Glottolog language reference point; not an origin, borrowing site or territorial boundary.
One theory derives Spanish patio through Old Provençal patu/pati from Latin pactum “agreement.” patio — Etymology · etymology and sense history
Old Provençal patu/pati is reported as a possible intermediate with a land/open-space sense. patio — Etymology · etymology and sense history
Spanish patio is reported from 1818 for an inner court open to the sky. patio — Etymology · etymology and sense history
Glottolog supplies the reference coordinates for Old Provençal. LanguageTable row oldp1253
patio · Spanish
noun · Spanish
Reading: Reading not yet researched
An inner court open to the sky.. An inner court open to the sky.
c. 1818 · Spanish patio — Reported written-use context; not the date of coinage or transmission.
Spanish reference region — Glottolog language reference point; not an origin, borrowing site or territorial boundary.
Old Provençal patu/pati is reported as a possible intermediate with a land/open-space sense. patio — Etymology · etymology and sense history
Spanish patio is reported from 1818 for an inner court open to the sky. patio — Etymology · etymology and sense history
English patio is reported from 1818; the paved enclosed terrace sense is recorded by 1941. patio — Etymology · etymology and sense history
Glottolog supplies the reference coordinates for Spanish. LanguageTable row stan1288
patio · English
noun · English
Reading: Reading not yet researched
An inner court or paved terrace beside a building.. An inner court or paved terrace beside a building.
c. 1818–1941 · English patio senses — The period groups the courtyard and later paved-terrace contexts.
English reference region / Britain — Glottolog language reference point; not an origin, borrowing site or territorial boundary.
Spanish patio is reported from 1818 for an inner court open to the sky. patio — Etymology · etymology and sense history
English patio is reported from 1818; the paved enclosed terrace sense is recorded by 1941. patio — Etymology · etymology and sense history
Glottolog supplies the reference coordinates for English. LanguageTable row stan1293