myEtymology.com: Italian etymology of patron

Etymology of the Italian word patron

the Italian word patron

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)