Etymology of the French word patois
the Old French word
patoisderived from the Old French word
patederived from the Late Latin word
pastaderived from the Greek word
pastederived from the Greek word
pastaderived from the Greek word
pastosderived from the Greek word
passeinderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kwet-derived from the Latin root
*pattaDate
The earliest known usage of patois in French dates from the 13th century.
Derivations in French
patoiserDerivations in other languages
English
patoisUsage
Word found in Old French
