myEtymology.com: Dutch etymology of patroon

Etymology of the Dutch word patroon

the Dutch word patroon

derived from the Old French word patron

derived from the Medieval Latin word patronus (patron; advocate; defender)

derived from the Late Latin word pater (father)

derived from the Greek word pater, πατήρ (father; a 'father' (literally or figuratively, near or more remote))

using the Proto-Indo-European prefix pəter- (father)

English patroon

Catalan padró, English patron, English pattern, French patron, German Patrone, German Patron, Italian padrone, Norwegian patron, Spanish patron, Swedish patron