释义 |
petə- To spread. Oldest form *peth2‑. Derivatives include fathom, patent, and compass.- Suffixed o-grade form *pot(ə)-mo‑. fathom, from Old English fæthm, fathom, from Germanic *fathmaz, "length of two arms stretched out.".
- Suffixed (stative) variant zero-grade form *pat-ē‑. patent, patulous, from Latin patēre, to be open.
- Probably variant zero-grade form in remade nasalized form *pat-no‑. pace1, pandy, pas, paseo, pass, passé, passim; compas, compass, expand, Paso Fino, pasqueflower, passacaglia, passage1, passage2, passport, repand, spawn, from Latin pandere (past participle passus < *pat-to‑), to spread out.
- Suffixed form *pet-alo‑. petal, from Greek petalon, leaf.
- Suffixed form *pet-ano‑. paella, pan1, paten, patina1, patina2, from Greek patanē (? < *petanā‑), platter, "thing spread out.".
- petasos, from Greek petasos, broad-brimmed hat, from Greek suffixed form *peta-so‑.
[Pokorny 1. pet‑ 824.] |
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