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patent

/ˈpætənt/PA-tuhnt
/ˈpætənt/PA-tuhnt

Meaninglying open

Common meaning: obvious

Other meanings: an exclusive right to an invention

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√PAT‘spread out, lie flat or open’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 192, p. 736 · scan
  2. Latinpateō, patēre‘to lie open’
  3. Old Frenchpatentsource
  4. Middle Englishpateniesource
  5. Englishpatent‘obvious’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin pateō ‘to lie open’.

Roots

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